Storage Signal

Latest trades
Oct → Nov
Carry · +3.10

Carry (+) means later months trade above the nearby: the market is paying toward storage. Inverted (−) means the nearby trades above later months. Not trading advice.

Futures Chain

20 contracts
CBU26 Sep 2026 OI 3,150 — — 0.00%
CBV26 Oct 2026 OI 3,110 139.00 ¢/lb -2.30 -1.63%
CBX26 Nov 2026 OI 2,907 142.10 ¢/lb -0.90 -0.63%
CBZ26 Dec 2026 OI 2,379 146.00 ¢/lb -0.25 -0.17%
CBF27 Jan 2027 OI 1,682 148.35 ¢/lb -2.63 -1.74%
CBG27 Feb 2027 OI 1,408 152.00 ¢/lb -1.00 -0.65%
CBH27 Mar 2027 OI 1,175 160.28 ¢/lb -1.73 -1.06%
CBJ27 Apr 2027 OI 1,007 164.00 ¢/lb -2.00 -1.20%
CBK27 May 2027 OI 938 166.25 ¢/lb -1.70 -1.01%
CBM27 Jun 2027 OI 704 — — 0.00%
CBN27 Jul 2027 OI 512 — — 0.00%
CBQ27 Aug 2027 OI 464 174.00 ¢/lb -1.00 -0.57%
CBU27 Sep 2027 OI 394 175.00 ¢/lb -4.70 -2.62%
CBV27 Oct 2027 OI 350 180.00 ¢/lb -3.75 -2.04%
CBX27 Nov 2027 OI 330 — — 0.00%
CBZ27 Dec 2027 OI 293 — — 0.00%
CBF28 Jan 2028 OI 23 — — 0.00%
CBG28 Feb 2028 OI 30 201.00 ¢/lb 0.00 0.00%
CBH28 Mar 2028 OI 0 209.00 ¢/lb 0.00 0.00%
CBJ28 Apr 2028 OI 0 219.60 ¢/lb 0.00 0.00%

Open interest (OI) is how many contracts are still open in each month.

Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Sep 22
Managed moneyBought 11 on the week · net short for over 2 years
−682
Producers and merchantsLong 15.6K · short 15.1K · net +391 on the week
+453
Open interest Up 665 on the week · 61 traders
32.7K

CFTC Commitments of Traders (disaggregated), CME butter futures and options combined: positions as of Tuesday, Sep 22, published Friday, Sep 25; the next report (Sep 29 positions) is out Friday, Oct 2 at 3:30 pm ET. Net is longs less shorts, in contracts of 20,000 pounds.

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Storage Signal. Worked out from the futures themselves: the front month against the next, and old crop against new while the front month is old crop, at the latest trades while the market is open, else at the last settle.

Futures Chain. Every CME contract month now trading, with its last price, the day’s change and its open interest.

Commitments of Traders. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders (disaggregated): the open positions of each kind of large trader as of Tuesday’s close, published Fridays at 3:30 pm ET (the following Monday in a holiday week).

Market Data: Futures price data on Farmbucks is provided by DTN, CME Group, and ICE. Cash basis is from USDA AMS daily grain bid reports; positioning is from the CFTC's Commitments of Traders; the natural gas outlook and storage are from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This data is for informational purposes only, may be subject to delays or inaccuracies, and is not trading advice. Please consult official sources or your broker for trading decisions.