COT reports: Short positions held by other 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 other reporting traders in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 22,850 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 23,643 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. There are 1,058 data points overall in the weekly series shown in the plot above. The series covers the time period stretching from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few statistics calculated on the full sample: positions averaged 10,549 contracts; they reached their maximum of 36,380 on 26 May 2026; they reached a trough of 231 on 11 August 2009.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 25,956.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 23,643.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 22,850.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by other 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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