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COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in corn futures of the kind "CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 152,046 contracts on 31 March 2026, compared to 148,283 on 24 March 2026.

Sample. There are 1,034 observations overall in the weekly time series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time period stretching from June 2006 to March 2026.

History. Here’s a quick look at a few statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions were equal on average to 93,942 contracts; they recorded a maximum of 216,866 on 29 July 2025; they reached a trough of 27,592 on 13 September 2011.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-03-17 156097.0
2026-03-24 148283.0
2026-03-31 152046.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in corn futures
Country United States
Economic concept Stock
Data type Quantity
Seasonally adjusted No
Deflation method Not applicable
Rescaling None
Measure type Level
Frequency Weekly
Unit Number of contracts
Source Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Source type Government agency
Data licence Public domain information
Other information Specific future: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
FSR temporal aggregation code LW1

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Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1034 2006-06-13 2026-03-31