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 9,344 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 8,714 on 22 September.
Sample. There are 1,060 observations overall in the weekly series presented in the graph above. The time span covered by the series extends from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics computed on the whole sample: positions hit a minimum of 0 contracts on 16 October 2007; they reached their highest level of 22,933 on 5 June 2018; they averaged 5,051.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 7856.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 8714.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 9344.0 |
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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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