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" were 483,142 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 483,279 on 22 September.
Sample. There are 1,060 data points in the weekly time series shown in the graph above. The time period covered by the series extends from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions had an average value of 416,251 contracts; they hit a peak of 572,693 on 23 January 2018; they recorded a minimum of 247,141 on 22 December 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 485138.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 483279.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 483142.0 |
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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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