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 312,290 contracts on 27 January 2026, versus 310,140 on 20 January.
Sample. There are 1,025 data points overall in the weekly time series shown in the figure above. The series covers the time range extending from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean of 196,787 contracts; they reached their minimum of 75,335 on 5 May 2009; they reached a maximum of 345,241 on 14 October 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | 302940.0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 310140.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 312290.0 |
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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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