COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 288,733 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 305,725 on 11 August.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are a total of 1,054 data points. The series covers the period stretching from June 2006 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at some simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions had a mean value of 199,482 contracts; they hit a trough of 75,335 on 5 May 2009; they hit a maximum of 345,241 on 14 October 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 313006.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 305725.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 288733.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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