COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders 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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 35,639 contracts on 16 June 2026, compared to 34,744 on 9 June.
Sample. There are 1,045 data points overall in the weekly time series presented in the figure above. The time period covered by the series is from June 2006 to June 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few statistics calculated on the full sample: positions averaged 45,835 contracts; they achieved a maximum of 79,031 on 20 November 2007; they recorded a minimum of 28,256 on 30 December 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | 38033.0 |
| 2026-06-09 | 34744.0 |
| 2026-06-16 | 35639.0 |
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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-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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