COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Corn futures COT reports (CFTC)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in corn futures of the kind "CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 46,831 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 39,769 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 1,060 observations overall in the weekly series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the span of time going from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions had an average value of 33,952 contracts; they registered a minimum of 4,397 on 24 December 2007; they reached their maximum of 113,775 on 5 June 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 41098.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 39769.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 46831.0 |
Suggestion. Our metadata often include links to the sources of the data we provide. You can use these links to find more details.
Not for investment purposes. Financial data distributed on this web site are not intended for investment purposes or any other financial decision. Users should obtain expert advice and perform their own independent due diligence before taking any financial risk.
Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers 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 |
Series in the same data set
Discover the other time series included in this data set.