COT reports: Short positions held by non-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 non-reporting traders in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 29,285 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 29,593 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. There are 1,023 data points overall in the weekly time series shown in the graph above. The series covers the span of time extending from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here are some descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions peaked at 79,031 contracts on 20 November 2007; they reached a minimum of 28,256 on 30 December 2025; they had an average value of 46,102.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 28256.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 29593.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 29285.0 |
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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-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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