COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants 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 producers and merchants in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 16,847 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 16,173 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 1,058 observations overall in the weekly time series shown in the figure above. The time period covered by the series goes from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions had an average value of 40,204 contracts; they recorded their highest level of 99,245 on 12 December 2017; they hit a trough of 12,653 on 21 November 2006.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 16,088.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 16,173.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 16,847.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by producers and merchants 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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