COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders 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), long positions held by all reporting traders in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 440,143 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to 488,030 on 10 February 2026.
Sample. There are 1,028 data points in the weekly time series shown in the chart above. The span of time covered by the series is from June 2006 to February 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few statistics computed on the whole sample: positions averaged 380,415 contracts; they hit a trough of 226,022 on 30 December 2008; they reached their highest level of 530,036 on 23 January 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 511604.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 488030.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 440143.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by all reporting traders 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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