COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants 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), net long positions held by producers and merchants in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were -84,447 contracts on 31 March 2026, versus -72,784 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. In the weekly series displayed in the plot, there are 1,034 data points. The series covers the span of time extending from June 2006 to March 2026.
History. Here are a few descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions reached their highest level of 6,050 contracts on 1 December 2015; they recorded a bottom of -130,381 on 18 July 2017; they were equal on average to -45,583.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | -79386.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | -72784.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | -84447.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by producers and merchants 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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