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 33,907 contracts on 31 March 2026, versus 32,319 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. There are 1,034 records in the weekly time series presented in the chart above. The series covers the time range extending from June 2006 to March 2026.
History. Here are a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions hit a trough of 20,582 contracts on 22 December 2008; they recorded their highest level of 54,340 on 15 November 2016; they were equal on average to 34,455.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 33774.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 32319.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 33907.0 |
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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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