COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 2,710 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 2,462 on 12 May.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are a total of 1,041 observations. The series covers the time range going from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few summary statistics computed on the full sample: positions recorded their maximum of 22,933 contracts on 5 June 2018; they reached a trough of 0 on 16 October 2007; they were equal on average to 5,024.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 2440.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 2462.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 2710.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers 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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