COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders 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), long positions held by non-reporting traders in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 20,386 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 20,447 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 1,058 records overall in the weekly series shown in the figure above. The series covers the time period extending from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: positions had a mean value of 20,742 contracts; they hit a trough of 12,918 on 4 March 2014; they reached a maximum of 42,420 on 8 August 2006.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 20,545.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 20,447.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 20,386.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by non-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-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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