COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders 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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 21,808 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus 22,754 on 12 May.
Sample. There are 1,041 observations overall in the weekly series shown in the plot above. The span of time covered by the series stretches from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions recorded a maximum of 39,971 contracts on 8 August 2006; they reached a trough of 16,893 on 1 September 2020; they had a mean value of 24,077.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 19854.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 22754.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 21808.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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