COT reports: Short positions held by all 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), short positions held by all reporting traders in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 281,388 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 280,249 on 6 January.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are a total of 1,023 records. The period covered by the series extends from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Have a look at some simple statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions recorded a minimum of 52,930 contracts on 5 May 2009; they reached their highest level of 326,515 on 14 October 2025; they averaged 172,432.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 272702.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 280249.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 281388.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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