# Hedge Funds ‘May Have Overreacted’ in Record Wheat Sell-down | HedgeCo Insights

> Managed money cut its net long position in the main 13 US-traded agricultural futures by more than 22,000 contracts in the week to the prior Tuesday. The largest-ever wheat sell-down left many investors with losses despite a correct call on US weather.

- Date: 2016-04-19 · published 2016-04-19T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/8406-hedge-funds-may-have-overreacted-in-record-wheat-sell-down-hedgeco-insights
- Commodities: [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Heavy fund liquidation adds selling pressure to wheat futures and can keep prices weak until positioning rebalances.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bearish ▼

## Sources

- hedgeco.net: https://hedgeco.net/news/04/2016/hedge-funds-may-have-overreacted-in-record-wheat-sell-down.html

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