COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in wheat futures: WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Wheat 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 money managers in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 77,946 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 76,675 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. In the weekly series displayed in the plot, there are 1,060 observations overall. The series covers the span of time extending from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had an average value of 24,728 contracts; they hit a trough of 2,519 on 19 May 2009; they reached their highest level of 79,365 on 21 May 2019.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 74116.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 76675.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 77946.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in wheat 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: "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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