COT reports: Short 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), short positions held by all reporting traders in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 484,425 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 471,175 on 6 January.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 1,023 data points in total. The series covers the span of time stretching from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had an average value of 368,271 contracts; they reached their maximum of 528,423 on 23 January 2018; they recorded a minimum of 206,466 on 22 December 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 460232.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 471175.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 484425.0 |
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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-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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