COT reports: Long positions held by non-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 non-reporting traders in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 36,126 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 39,007 on 12 May.
Sample. There are 1,041 data points overall in the weekly series shown in the figure above. The series covers the time period stretching from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions reached a maximum of 54,340 contracts on 15 November 2016; they hit a trough of 20,582 on 22 December 2008; they had an average value of 34,462.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 37730.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 39007.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 36126.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by non-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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