COT reports: Long 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), long positions held by swap dealers in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 77,766 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to 78,803 on 10 February.
Sample. There are 1,028 observations in the weekly time series presented in the plot above. The series covers the span of time going from June 2006 to February 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions averaged 38,049 contracts; they reached a minimum of 11,428 on 28 October 2008; they recorded a maximum of 81,798 on 25 March 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 78739.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 78803.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 77766.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long 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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