COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 457,148 contracts on 18 August 2026, versus 475,566 on 11 August.
Sample. In the weekly series displayed in the chart, there are 1,054 records. The period covered by the series goes from June 2006 to August 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few summary statistics computed on the entire sample: positions were equal on average to 415,917 contracts; they reached a trough of 247,141 on 22 December 2008; they recorded a maximum of 572,693 on 23 January 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 466323.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 475566.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 457148.0 |
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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-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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