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 35,503 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to 34,427 on 10 February.
Sample. In the weekly series shown in the chart, there are 1,028 data points overall. The period covered by the series extends from June 2006 to February 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 46,036 contracts; they hit a trough of 28,256 on 30 December 2025; they reached a maximum of 79,031 on 20 November 2007.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 33396.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 34427.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 35503.0 |
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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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