This Thursday at 5 PM GMT markets will learn the WASDE report from the USDA, with the penultimate report on the 2023/2024 season. The previous March report showed slightly better wheat data, but now the market consensus points to a renewed increase in ending stocks, which could theoretically be a negative factor for prices.
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Create account Try a demo Download mobile app Download mobile appOn Thursday, important data for wheat. Investors should pay attention to ending stocks and exports. There is the potential for worse export data due to the cancellation of wheat shipments to China and lower grain inspections. Source: Bloomberg
In addition, Monday's winter wheat crop quality data are worth noting. The share of wheat rated best rose to 56% at the start of the season, the best rating since 2020 and well above the 27% rating a year earlier. Theoretically, the good quality of the crop suggests possible higher yields, which could be a negative factor for prices. However, it is worth noting that the high share of winter wheat in the past was at the same time also an indication that the price hole is near. There is a very high probability that the grain quality rating will deteriorate during the summer, if temperatures are higher than expected and moisture remains at lower levels than standard. 
High grain quality at the beginning of the season gives a high chance of deterioration of this rating during the season. Source: Bloomberg Finance LP
Moreover, we have recently seen an increase in speculative short positions in the market, which means positioning for low commodity prices at the start of the new season. 
Source: Bloomberg Finance LP, XTB
The price has broken above the upper limit of the downward price channel, but has reacted to the area of 570 cents per bushel at the Fibonacci retracement of 38.2 of the last downward wave. It appears that the price may fall into consolidation in the near term, as it did after breaking through a similar downward channel in October. Seasonality does not give a definite signal in the near term. 
Source: xStation5
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