COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in wheat futures of the kind "WHEAT-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 485,138 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 484,680 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 1,058 records overall in the weekly series shown in the figure above. The series covers the span of time extending from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean of 416,125 contracts; they reached their maximum of 572,693 on 23 January 2018; they reached their lowest level of 247,141 on 22 December 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 470,560 |
| 2026-09-08 | 484,680 |
| 2026-09-15 | 485,138 |
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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-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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