COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers 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), net long positions held by money managers in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were -3,089 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to -18,484 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. In the weekly series displayed in the chart, there are 1,041 data points overall. The series covers the time range extending from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: positions had a mean value of -25,129 contracts; they reached their maximum of 73,662 on 7 August 2012; they reached their minimum of -171,269 on 25 April 2017.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | -9033.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | -18484.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | -3089.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by money managers 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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