Rough Rice (ZR-F)
Commodities · Grains · data since 1999-09-14 · last close 2026-07-26
1d
+0.07%
7d
-0.25%
30d
+6.87%
YTD
+45.91%
1y
+10.98%
Rough Rice (ZR-F) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15.0 | -5.8 | 9.4 | -5.1 | 16.8 | 1.7 | 9.2 | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | -1.3 | -4.0 | 2.1 | -4.6 | 4.3 | -4.0 | -5.2 | -4.0 | -5.3 | -8.1 | -1.9 | -4.8 |
| 2024 | 3.2 | 0.0 | -8.4 | 15.5 | -6.5 | -4.0 | -10.1 | -1.5 | 1.9 | -3.9 | 3.5 | -7.8 |
| 2023 | -1.3 | -4.8 | 2.6 | -0.2 | -0.6 | 4.4 | -14.3 | 8.5 | -5.2 | 1.3 | 7.6 | -0.2 |
| 2022 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 4.2 | 6.8 | 2.7 | -6.4 | 2.8 | 3.7 | -1.9 | -3.5 | 7.5 | 1.4 |
| 2021 | 8.6 | -5.3 | 3.4 | 1.6 | -0.6 | -0.9 | 3.8 | -4.0 | 4.5 | -3.2 | 5.7 | 4.2 |
| 2020 | 3.6 | -0.7 | 3.9 | 22.2 | 0.3 | -15.7 | -20.1 | 7.7 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | -1.2 |
| 2019 | 5.1 | -2.0 | 4.4 | -5.3 | 11.5 | -1.6 | 5.9 | -2.3 | 3.0 | -2.4 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
| 2018 | 6.5 | -0.4 | -0.3 | 3.5 | -9.6 | 0.4 | 2.6 | -9.1 | -9.7 | 8.2 | 2.9 | -7.3 |
| 2017 | 1.9 | -2.6 | 6.6 | -7.7 | 21.9 | 3.4 | 6.6 | 2.4 | -4.4 | -5.9 | 11.0 | -6.8 |
| 2016 | -1.9 | -7.5 | -7.7 | 11.9 | 0.9 | -4.0 | -5.4 | -7.5 | 7.5 | -0.3 | -1.5 | -3.6 |
| 2015 | -8.0 | -0.9 | 3.9 | -7.8 | -5.2 | 6.9 | 13.3 | 3.2 | 11.1 | -12.1 | 2.5 | -2.9 |
| 2014 | -0.7 | -0.2 | 1.5 | 0.1 | -4.0 | -3.0 | -10.7 | -3.1 | 1.3 | -5.8 | 2.8 | -6.8 |
| 2013 | 4.3 | -0.0 | -0.9 | -3.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 0.5 | -0.1 | -4.3 | -0.7 | 6.2 | -2.8 |
| 2012 | -4.1 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 0.7 | -4.3 | -0.3 | 10.0 | -3.9 | 3.1 | -4.2 | 3.0 | -2.7 |
| 2011 | 10.8 | -10.7 | 1.0 | 5.9 | 1.7 | -7.8 | 16.1 | 9.7 | -9.8 | 4.3 | -10.8 | -1.6 |
| 2010 | -2.5 | -5.4 | -9.1 | 1.1 | -5.8 | -18.9 | 11.9 | 5.0 | 13.3 | 14.8 | -3.8 | 0.8 |
| 2009 | -23.3 | 5.1 | 0.4 | 4.0 | -4.3 | -0.9 | 12.6 | 0.7 | -6.2 | 10.5 | 6.6 | -4.8 |
| 2008 | 9.4 | 21.5 | 9.4 | 9.1 | -11.1 | 5.8 | -18.0 | 14.0 | -0.0 | -20.4 | -12.2 | 16.1 |
| 2007 | -0.3 | 1.1 | -1.4 | -1.3 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 4.1 | 8.1 | 1.0 | 8.6 | 5.3 |
| 2006 | 7.1 | -3.2 | 4.1 | -4.0 | 10.9 | 0.9 | 0.1 | -7.8 | 13.8 | -1.8 | 5.2 | 1.5 |
| 2005 | -7.1 | -1.4 | 7.5 | 5.0 | -1.0 | -12.9 | 5.2 | 0.1 | 7.7 | -1.9 | 5.8 | 5.3 |
| 2004 | -5.6 | 11.2 | 5.5 | 19.6 | -10.0 | -1.1 | -29.5 | 11.8 | -11.2 | -3.7 | 10.5 | -4.1 |
| 2003 | 15.1 | 2.3 | 13.0 | 21.9 | -5.9 | -1.2 | 28.3 | 0.1 | -1.9 | 3.2 | 11.5 | 1.6 |
| 2002 | 0.9 | -5.2 | 5.4 | -5.8 | 22.3 | -4.8 | 13.8 | -15.0 | 2.1 | -7.3 | 9.1 | -5.6 |
| 2001 | -2.9 | 3.8 | -9.6 | 2.2 | 4.1 | -11.2 | -3.3 | -19.3 | 1.8 | -11.1 | 11.5 | -8.1 |
| 2000 | 2.4 | -0.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 2.2 | -2.1 | 1.7 | -10.4 | 0.6 | -1.7 | 1.1 | -5.6 |
| 1999 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | -0.9 | 1.5 | 0.3 | -1.4 |
| Avg | 1.4 | -0.5 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 1.3 | -2.7 | 1.0 | -0.7 | 0.7 | -2.0 | 3.7 | -1.4 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +1.4% | -0.5% | +2.1% | +3.3% | +1.3% | -2.7% | +0.7% | -0.7% | +0.7% | -1.9% | +3.7% | -1.4% |
| Win rate | 56%/27 | 33%/27 | 74%/27 | 63%/27 | 52%/27 | 33%/27 | 65%/26 | 50%/26 | 52%/27 | 33%/27 | 81%/27 | 33%/27 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-62.7%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±7.8%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
52%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+28.28%
2003-07
Worst month
-29.52%
2004-07
Longest streaks
12▲ / 7▼
Consecutive up / down months
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About Rough Rice
Rough Rice shows up, compounds, repeats — with price receipts on this site going back to 1999. And the long game: $100 at its first close here (1999) would be about $202 today.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was July 2003 at +28.28%; its worst, July 2004 at -29.52%.
- It has closed November in the green 22 out of 27 times — calendar astrology, but the fun kind.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.