COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders 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), long positions held by all reporting traders in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 448,493 contracts on 15 September 2026, versus 449,333 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. In the weekly series plotted above, there are 1,058 observations. The series covers the period going from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions had an average value of 381,650 contracts; they hit a minimum of 226,022 on 30 December 2008; they recorded their highest level of 530,036 on 23 January 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 436,204 |
| 2026-09-08 | 449,333 |
| 2026-09-15 | 448,493 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by all reporting traders 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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