COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 7,864 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 9,016 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. In the weekly time series plotted above, there are a total of 1,023 data points. The series covers the time range going from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean value of 12,369 contracts; they hit a trough of 19 on 28 November 2023; they reached their highest level of 38,230 on 17 August 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 8826.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 9016.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 7864.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by swap dealers 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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