The net short positions have significantly increased in the reporting week to the 01.03.2016 when the wheat speculator in Chicago. Still, pressure is exerted on the courses with now 107.477 NET short positions.
After the Mar. 16-future abandoned his role as current future - although he still up 10 Mar. acted will - has taken over the price-forming function now may 16 future. Yellow background on the example of feed wheat in Westphalia in the table is an indexes derivative.
The quotes of the last two or three weeks of any futures are very much overlaid börsentechnischen influences, so that a qualified cash market price derivative is hardly possible. This does nothing to the thing but as professionals in each expiring futures in time previously driven by two to three weeks already the next future.
In almost all regions have stabilized wheat producer prices or while the feed barley loses only a slight decrease, to anything anywhere else.
Overall the basis is the grain below the average, so that a futures hedge is superior to the spot market sales for a marketing purpose.
Even when maize speculators in Chicago the net short positions increased in the reporting week to the 01.03.2016 further significantly. A plus launched by 69.502 positions the positions to a record high of 203.827 NET short positions.
