Corn Futures Positioning and CFTC Update 15th July 2019

The commercials continue to sell into the strong prices: short has increased by 25k lots
The speculative long has increased by 12k lots
The open interest has reversed and increased by 33k lots to 1.78m (2.07m lots is the record)

Corn Futures Speculative Positioning

Corn Futures Commerical Positioning

Corn Futures Open Interest

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