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" stood at 34,397 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 37,075 on 12 May.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 1,041 records overall. The time period covered by the series stretches from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here are a few descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 45,872 contracts; they reached a trough of 28,256 on 30 December 2025; they attained a maximum of 79,031 on 20 November 2007.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 29487.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 37075.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 34397.0 |
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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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