Charts

Historical charts

Listed below are historical price charts for ASX Grain Futures since inception, for contract months from 2004 to 2010. The charts supplied are for the most actively traded 'new crop' contracts - January for winter crops and March/May for Sorghum. These charts are updated on a monthly basis.

Dynamic charts

Web based chart functionality for some of the more actively traded ASX contracts can be accessed by clicking on the links listed in the table below. The chart automatically created is a line chart for the last 6 months with a 20 day moving average and volume bar chart. The charts are updated daily. The links marked in bold identify the more actively traded 'new crop' contract months for each commodity.

Month

Western Australia

Wheat 

Milling Wheat

(NSW)

 Feed Barley Sorghum Canola
Jan 10 WAW0F AWM0F AFB0F ASM0F ACM0F 
Mar 10  WAW0H AWM0H  AFB0H  ASM0H  ACM0H 
May 10  WAW0K  AWM0K  AFB0K  ASM0K  ACM0K 
Jul 10  WAW0N  AWM0N  AFB0N  ASM0N  ACM0N 
Jan 11  WAW1F  AWM1F  AFB1F  ASM1K  ACM1F 
Jan 12 WAW2F  AWM2F AFB2F ASM2K ACM2F

Alternatively, dynamic chart functionality can be accessed here.  To create a chart you will need to know the code of the underlying contract. For example, to chart January 2012 Milling Wheat you should enter AWM2F as the code. The codes for ASX Grain Futures contracts are listed in the table above. The charting package applied can be configured to meet your technical analysis preferences. The chart price display alternatives include;

  • line,
  • bar (OHLC),
  • candlestick, and
  • common base.

Other functions that can be tailored to suit your needs include;

  • charting against an equity index (the individual code is for equity analysis only e.g. AWB versus GrainCorp),
  • moving average price information,
  • traded volume analysis, and
  • time period selection.

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Technical Analysis Information

Listed Company Codes

The charts can also be used to view share price information for ASX listed public companies such as AWB, GrainCorp (GNC), Futuris (FCL), Incitec Pivot (IPL) and Ridley Corporation (RIC) and Viterra (VTA).