COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 302,940 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 301,270 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. There are 1,023 observations in the weekly time series presented in the plot above. The time period covered by the series goes from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics we computed on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 196,563 contracts; they reached a minimum of 75,335 on 5 May 2009; they reached their highest level of 345,241 on 14 October 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 294382.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 301270.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 302940.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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