Chicago Ethanol Futures Pricing

Chicago Mercantile Exchange · October 2026 contract · Priced in U.S. dollars per gallon

Storage Signal

Sep 28 settle

Oct → Nov: Inverted · −0.0775

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

16 contracts

CUU26 Sep 2026 OI 10,903 $2.1225 / gal -0.0025 -0.12%

CUV26 Oct 2026 OI 8,798 $2.1700 / gal -0.0150 -0.69%

CUX26 Nov 2026 OI 8,243 $2.1075 / gal -0.0225 -1.06%

CUZ26 Dec 2026 OI 6,660 $2.0250 / gal -0.0200 -0.98%

CUF27 Jan 2027 OI 4,475 $1.9625 / gal -0.0125 -0.63%

CUG27 Feb 2027 OI 2,679 $1.9700 / gal -0.0100 -0.51%

CUH27 Mar 2027 OI 2,316 $1.9900 / gal -0.0100 -0.50%

CUJ27 Apr 2027 OI 395 $2.0150 / gal -0.0100 -0.49%

CUK27 May 2027 OI 347 $2.0350 / gal -0.0100 -0.49%

CUM27 Jun 2027 OI 936 $2.0450 / gal -0.0100 -0.49%

CUN27 Jul 2027 OI 572 $2.0450 / gal -0.0100 -0.49%

CUQ27 Aug 2027 OI 96 $2.0400 / gal -0.0100 -0.49%

CUU27 Sep 2027 OI 319 $2.0300 / gal -0.0100 -0.49%

CUV27 Oct 2027 OI 77 $1.9975 / gal -0.0100 -0.50%

CUX27 Nov 2027 OI 78 $1.9675 / gal -0.0100 -0.51%

CUZ27 Dec 2027 OI 407 $1.9400 / gal -0.0100 -0.51%

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

Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Sep 22

Managed moneySold 258 on the week · net long for over a year: +7.1K
Producers and merchantsLong 32.8K · short 37.7K · net +914 on the week: −4.8K
Open interest Up 3.6K on the week · 125 traders: 47.6K

CFTC Commitments of Traders (disaggregated), NYMEX ethanol 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 42,000 gallons.

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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.