COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders 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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in corn futures of the kind "CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 185,834 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 183,490 on 11 August 2026.
Sample. In the weekly time series presented in the chart, there are 1,054 observations overall. The series covers the span of time stretching from June 2006 to August 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics we computed on the full sample: positions averaged 205,772 contracts; they reached a trough of 149,056 on 9 December 2025; they reached a maximum of 293,948 on 7 November 2006.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 183046.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 183490.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 185834.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-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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