COT reports: Short 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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 21,552 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 21,021 on 6 January.
Sample. There are 1,023 data points overall in the weekly time series shown in the chart above. The series covers the span of time stretching from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here are some simple statistics computed on the full sample: positions hit a minimum of 16,893 contracts on 1 September 2020; they recorded their maximum of 39,971 on 8 August 2006; they averaged 24,131.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 21680.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 21021.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 21552.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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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