Soybean Oil Futures Pricing

Chicago Board of Trade · December 2026 contract · Priced in U.S. cents per pound

Storage Signal

Latest trades

Dec → Jan: Carry · +0.14

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

ZLZ26 Dec 2026 OI 217,653 66.69 ¢/lb -0.44 -0.66%

ZLF27 Jan 2027 OI 122,962 66.83 ¢/lb -0.46 -0.68%

ZLH27 Mar 2027 OI 80,266 67.05 ¢/lb -0.45 -0.67%

ZLK27 May 2027 OI 58,450 67.29 ¢/lb -0.43 -0.63%

ZLN27 Jul 2027 OI 62,835 67.33 ¢/lb -0.42 -0.62%

ZLQ27 Aug 2027 OI 7,992 66.96 ¢/lb -0.40 -0.59%

ZLU27 Sep 2027 OI 3,579 66.57 ¢/lb -0.36 -0.54%

ZLV27 Oct 2027 OI 3,489 66.12 ¢/lb -0.35 -0.53%

ZLZ27 Dec 2027 OI 10,432 65.97 ¢/lb -0.34 -0.51%

ZLF28 Jan 2028 OI 410 65.87 ¢/lb -0.33 -0.50%

ZLH28 Mar 2028 OI 228 65.66 ¢/lb -0.31 -0.47%

ZLK28 May 2028 OI 128 65.47 ¢/lb -0.30 -0.46%

ZLN28 Jul 2028 OI 34 65.29 ¢/lb -0.28 -0.43%

ZLQ28 Aug 2028 OI 5 64.83 ¢/lb -0.25 -0.38%

ZLU28 Sep 2028 OI 9 64.34 ¢/lb -0.24 -0.37%

ZLV28 Oct 2028 OI 1 63.92 ¢/lb -0.24 -0.37%

ZLZ28 Dec 2028 OI 27 63.66 ¢/lb -0.24 -0.38%

ZLN29 Jul 2029 OI 0 63.84 ¢/lb 0.00 0.00%

ZLV29 Oct 2029 OI 0 63.83 ¢/lb 0.00 0.00%

ZLZ29 Dec 2029 OI 0 63.15 ¢/lb 0.00 0.00%

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

Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Oct 13

Managed moneySold 10.1K on the week · net long for 38 weeks: +89.3K
Producers and merchantsLong 140K · short 352K · net +6.3K on the week: −211K
Open interest Up 12.4K on the week · 333 traders: 638K

CFTC Commitments of Traders (disaggregated), CBOT soybean oil futures and options combined: positions as of Tuesday, Oct 13, published Friday, Oct 16; the next report (Oct 20 positions) is out Friday, Oct 23 at 3:30 pm ET. Net is longs less shorts, in contracts of 60,000 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 CBOT 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.