COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 2,608 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 2,984 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 1,060 records. The series covers the time range extending from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at a few simple statistics computed on the full sample: positions had a mean of 3,604 contracts; they hit a peak of 15,976 on 22 March 2022; they recorded a bottom of 0 on 22 March 2016.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 3594.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 2984.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 2608.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by swap dealers 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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