COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in corn futures of the kind "CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 1,667,786 contracts on 20 January 2026, compared to 1,613,386 on 13 January 2026.
Sample. There are 1,024 data points overall in the weekly time series presented in the graph above. The series covers the time span stretching from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Take a look at a few simple statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions reached their lowest level of 748,252 contracts on 3 March 2009; they recorded their highest level of 2,071,614 on 18 February 2025; they were equal on average to 1,391,052.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | 1537728.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 1613386.0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 1667786.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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