COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in wheat futures: WHEAT-SRW - 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-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 125,527 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 128,931 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 1,060 records in the weekly time series shown in the graph above. The period covered by the series stretches from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions averaged 55,488 contracts; they reached a minimum of 15,241 on 30 December 2008; they peaked at 156,644 on 27 January 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 127631.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 128931.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 125527.0 |
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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-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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