Charts

Historical charts

Listed below are historical price charts for ASX Grain Futures since inception, for contract months from 2004 to 2012. The charts supplied are for the most actively traded 'new crop' contracts which is January for the winter crops; wheat, barley and canola, and May for Sorghum.

Dynamic charts

Web based chart functionality for current ASX Grain Futures 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.

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Month

WA Wheat 

NSW Wheat

Eastern Australia

Feed Barley

 Australian Sorghum

Eastern Australia

Canola

May 12 

WKK2

VWK2

UBK2

USK2*

VCK2

Jul 12 

WKN2

VWN2

UBN2

USN2

VCN2
 Sep 12

WKU2

VWU2 

UBU2 

USU2 

VCU2 
 Nov 12

WKX2

VWX2 

UBX2 

USX2 

VCX2 

Jan 13

WKF3

VWF3

UBF3

USF3*

VCF3
 Mar 13

 WKH3

 VWH3

UBH3

USH3

VCH3

Jan 14 

WKF4

VWF4

UBF4

USK3*

VCF4
 Jan 15  

 WKF5

 VWF5

 UBF5

USK4* 

 VCF5

* Sorghum new crop contract is May rather than January.

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 NSW Wheat you should enter VWF2 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. Viterra versus GrainCorp);
  • moving average price information;
  • traded volume analysis; and
  • time period selection.

Related Links

Technical Analysis Information

Listed Company Codes

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