Net short speculative positions in Chicago wheat rose sharply to 106,163 contracts in the week to April 12, 2016. USDA data showed higher wheat ending stocks, with the stocks-to-use ratio at 33.7% against a 29.3% five-year average, and wheat prices were at their lowest since 2006.
Heavy wheat stocks and a high stocks-to-use ratio keep wheat and feed grain prices under pressure, which favors cheaper grain for feed buyers.
After 1,006 past bearish report events, WHEAT moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -1.6% to +1.8%), and +0.3% over 20.
After 1,102 past bearish report events, CORN moved a median -0.2% over 5 sessions (47% higher; middle half -1.8% to +1.3%), and +0.0% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.