Managed Money net +164,423 contracts in CORN, positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026.
Data as of Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026; published Fri 23 Oct 2026
Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026 - published Fri 23 Oct 2026 (CFTC, Friday release)
Report family
Disaggregated
Basis
Futures only
Market
CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC contract code
002602
Contract unit
Contracts Of 5,000 Bushels
Open interest, contracts
1,835,658
Change in open interest, contracts
-9,602
CIT supplement
Published for this market
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
415,001
943,745
-
-528,744
22.6
51.4
-28.8
Swap Dealers
292,431
24,767
71,520
+267,664
15.9
1.3
14.6
Managed Money
297,797
133,374
293,294
+164,423
16.2
7.3
9.0
Other Reportables
185,158
62,892
131,945
+122,266
10.1
3.4
6.7
Total reportable
1,687,146
1,661,537
-
+25,609
91.9
90.5
1.4
Nonreportable
148,512
174,121
-
-25,609
8.1
9.5
-1.4
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
+164,423
Week change
-82,002
4-week change
-239,674
13-week change
+107,710
Net as % of open interest
9.0%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
62
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
79
Z-score, 52 weeks
0.31
COT Index, 3 years
68
52-week high of net
+414,460
52-week low of net
-95,867
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
323
350
Swap Dealers
31
13
Managed Money
88
52
Other Reportables
105
81
Total reportable
651
618
Largest 4 traders, gross long
10.4%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
10.0%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
17.8%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
17.1%
Largest 4 traders, net long
7.7%
Largest 4 traders, net short
8.3%
Largest 8 traders, net long
12.8%
Largest 8 traders, net short
13.4%
Concentration is the share of open interest held by the largest traders, as published in the report.
Latest report, futures and options combined
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
563,481
1,039,428
-
-475,947
22.2
40.9
-18.7
Swap Dealers
352,380
24,284
115,128
+328,096
13.9
1.0
12.9
Managed Money
275,543
129,286
387,732
+146,257
10.9
5.1
5.8
Other Reportables
94,776
61,461
556,191
+33,315
3.7
2.4
1.3
Total reportable
2,345,232
2,313,510
-
+31,722
92.4
91.1
1.2
Nonreportable
194,063
225,786
-
-31,723
7.6
8.9
-1.2
The combined basis adds options converted to futures equivalents at exchange delta factors. The two bases are never mixed in one series; the history on this page is futures only.
Index traders (CIT supplement)
Index trader net, contracts
+314,111
Index trader long, contracts
465,088
Index trader short, contracts
150,977
Supplement position date
Tue 20 Oct 2026
The CIT supplement reports index traders carved out of the legacy categories, on the combined basis.
Open interest by maturity split
All contract months, contracts
1,835,658
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
1,688,861
Other months, contracts
146,797
Recent reports, net by category
Report date
Open interest
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
Swap Dealers
Managed Money
Other Reportables
Total reportable
Nonreportable
Tue 20 Oct 2026
1,835,658
-528,744
+267,664
+164,423
+122,266
+25,609
-25,609
Tue 13 Oct 2026
1,845,260
-600,489
+273,531
+246,425
+111,942
+31,409
-31,409
Tue 6 Oct 2026
1,859,993
-688,377
+277,425
+329,839
+122,634
+41,521
-41,521
Tue 29 Sep 2026
1,857,317
-732,985
+284,477
+381,220
+128,281
+60,993
-60,993
Tue 22 Sep 2026
1,854,505
-773,483
+298,672
+404,097
+131,704
+60,990
-60,990
Tue 15 Sep 2026
1,843,824
-770,306
+293,461
+414,460
+127,924
+65,539
-65,539
Tue 8 Sep 2026
1,803,323
-780,916
+310,311
+414,459
+128,540
+72,394
-72,394
Tue 1 Sep 2026
1,764,182
-800,143
+323,322
+401,003
+135,740
+59,922
-59,922
Tue 25 Aug 2026
1,707,706
-720,854
+346,246
+317,448
+123,467
+66,307
-66,307
Tue 18 Aug 2026
1,728,003
-589,440
+343,840
+181,692
+120,450
+56,542
-56,542
Spreading is calendar-spread positions. It prints as its own column and is not part of net. Percentile is the share of weeks in the window with a net at or below the current net. The COT Index places the current net within its 3-year range, 0 at the low and 100 at the high. Gauges print only when the window holds enough history. History is the series as currently published by the CFTC, including its corrections; first-release vintages are not kept. An extreme reading is a condition of crowding, not a buy or sell signal: speculative categories are trend followers and are usually largest near price extremes.
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, Disaggregated report, futures only unless stated. Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026, published Fri 23 Oct 2026.