COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in corn futures: CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Corn 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), compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in corn futures of the kind "CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 41,098 contracts on 15 September 2026, versus 32,341 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. In the weekly series presented in the plot, there are 1,058 observations. The series covers the time span going from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions averaged 33,934 contracts; they recorded a bottom of 4,397 on 24 December 2007; they reached a maximum of 113,775 on 5 June 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 27,883.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 32,341.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 41,098.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in corn 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: "CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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