COT reports: Short positions held by other 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 other reporting traders in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 20,343 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 22,505 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 1,060 observations overall in the weekly time series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the time range extending from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Check out some statistics computed on the full sample: positions averaged 10,569 contracts; they reached their maximum of 36,380 on 26 May 2026; they reached their lowest level of 231 on 11 August 2009.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 22850.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 22505.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 20343.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by other 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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