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" stood at 307,999 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 297,542 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. There are 1,041 data points overall in the weekly time series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the time range stretching from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: positions had a mean of 198,339 contracts; they recorded their highest level of 345,241 on 14 October 2025; they hit a trough of 75,335 on 5 May 2009.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 293054.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 297542.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 307999.0 |
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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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