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 23,217 contracts on 16 June 2026, versus 20,682 on 9 June 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 1,045 data points in total. The time span covered by the series is from June 2006 to June 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions had an average value of 24,070 contracts; they recorded a bottom of 16,893 on 1 September 2020; they reached a maximum of 39,971 on 8 August 2006.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | 23234.0 |
| 2026-06-09 | 20682.0 |
| 2026-06-16 | 23217.0 |
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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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