Managed Money net +7,490 contracts in WHEAT-HRW, 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
WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC contract code
001612
Contract unit
Contracts Of 5,000 Bushels
Open interest, contracts
320,369
Change in open interest, contracts
+5,938
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
31,676
109,604
-
-77,928
9.9
34.2
-24.3
Swap Dealers
81,041
1,922
12,060
+79,119
25.3
0.6
24.7
Managed Money
53,234
45,744
89,386
+7,490
16.6
14.3
2.3
Other Reportables
15,452
20,615
17,426
-5,163
4.8
6.4
-1.6
Total reportable
300,275
296,757
-
+3,518
93.7
92.6
1.1
Nonreportable
20,094
23,612
-
-3,518
6.3
7.4
-1.1
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
+7,490
Week change
-9,855
4-week change
-33,145
13-week change
-19,220
Net as % of open interest
2.3%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
44
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
81
Z-score, 52 weeks
-0.03
COT Index, 3 years
67
52-week high of net
+48,826
52-week low of net
-52,208
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
55
80
Swap Dealers
20
5
Managed Money
49
32
Other Reportables
33
31
Total reportable
199
205
Largest 4 traders, gross long
14.6%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
14.4%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
24.5%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
23.8%
Largest 4 traders, net long
11.1%
Largest 4 traders, net short
9.2%
Largest 8 traders, net long
18.2%
Largest 8 traders, net short
15.4%
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
38,710
113,174
-
-74,464
10.9
31.9
-21.0
Swap Dealers
82,721
1,834
13,652
+80,887
23.3
0.5
22.8
Managed Money
53,678
47,283
92,542
+6,395
15.1
13.3
1.8
Other Reportables
11,221
20,346
40,869
-9,125
3.2
5.7
-2.6
Total reportable
333,394
329,700
-
+3,694
93.9
92.8
1.0
Nonreportable
21,699
25,393
-
-3,694
6.1
7.2
-1.0
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
+78,730
Index trader long, contracts
93,478
Index trader short, contracts
14,748
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
320,369
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
270,288
Other months, contracts
50,081
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
320,369
-77,928
+79,119
+7,490
-5,163
+3,518
-3,518
Tue 13 Oct 2026
314,431
-85,544
+77,141
+17,345
-7,544
+1,398
-1,398
Tue 6 Oct 2026
312,096
-95,631
+77,136
+23,253
-4,183
+575
-575
Tue 29 Sep 2026
306,523
-98,877
+78,602
+30,677
-9,713
+689
-689
Tue 22 Sep 2026
311,936
-107,988
+79,585
+40,635
-14,145
-1,913
+1,913
Tue 15 Sep 2026
310,836
-111,396
+80,051
+44,413
-14,078
-1,010
+1,010
Tue 8 Sep 2026
305,216
-115,151
+79,573
+48,676
-13,289
-191
+191
Tue 1 Sep 2026
306,154
-112,257
+79,872
+48,826
-17,076
-635
+635
Tue 25 Aug 2026
294,391
-101,693
+79,225
+42,514
-20,369
-323
+323
Tue 18 Aug 2026
288,733
-96,138
+79,816
+31,497
-15,423
-248
+248
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.