COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 75,734 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 67,147 on 6 January.
Sample. This weekly time series has 1,023 observations. The series covers the period extending from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Have a look at some simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions reached a maximum of 81,798 contracts on 25 March 2025; they recorded a bottom of 11,428 on 28 October 2008; they had an average value of 37,858.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 67430.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 67147.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 75734.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by swap dealers 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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