Managed Money net -52,005 contracts in WHEAT-SRW, 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-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC contract code
001602
Contract unit
Contracts Of 5,000 Bushels
Open interest, contracts
516,379
Change in open interest, contracts
+9,605
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
71,522
112,168
-
-40,646
13.9
21.7
-7.9
Swap Dealers
87,258
16,830
29,189
+70,428
16.9
3.3
13.6
Managed Money
88,258
140,263
132,594
-52,005
17.1
27.2
-10.1
Other Reportables
43,276
20,541
29,480
+22,735
8.4
4.0
4.4
Total reportable
481,577
481,065
-
+512
93.3
93.2
0.1
Nonreportable
34,802
35,314
-
-512
6.7
6.8
-0.1
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
-52,005
Week change
-19,450
4-week change
-39,989
13-week change
-33,606
Net as % of open interest
-10.1%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
40
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
68
Z-score, 52 weeks
-0.31
COT Index, 3 years
52
52-week high of net
+14,904
52-week low of net
-113,560
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
70
90
Swap Dealers
28
9
Managed Money
71
55
Other Reportables
71
47
Total reportable
313
286
Largest 4 traders, gross long
10.9%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
14.1%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
19.0%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
23.3%
Largest 4 traders, net long
7.7%
Largest 4 traders, net short
8.7%
Largest 8 traders, net long
14.0%
Largest 8 traders, net short
14.5%
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
100,921
126,621
-
-25,700
15.8
19.8
-4.0
Swap Dealers
87,764
16,444
36,382
+71,320
13.8
2.6
11.2
Managed Money
83,996
135,130
157,905
-51,134
13.2
21.2
-8.0
Other Reportables
26,415
21,740
106,217
+4,675
4.1
3.4
0.7
Total reportable
599,600
600,439
-
-839
94.0
94.1
-0.1
Nonreportable
38,323
37,484
-
+839
6.0
5.9
0.1
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
+72,299
Index trader long, contracts
143,028
Index trader short, contracts
70,729
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
516,379
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
425,649
Other months, contracts
90,730
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
516,379
-40,646
+70,428
-52,005
+22,735
+512
-512
Tue 13 Oct 2026
506,774
-55,025
+69,901
-32,555
+14,949
-2,730
+2,730
Tue 6 Oct 2026
497,181
-56,769
+70,439
-28,830
+12,782
-2,378
+2,378
Tue 29 Sep 2026
483,142
-57,195
+70,646
-22,109
+5,647
-3,011
+3,011
Tue 22 Sep 2026
483,279
-68,854
+71,832
-12,016
+4,656
-4,382
+4,382
Tue 15 Sep 2026
485,138
-73,619
+68,820
-3,674
+4,902
-3,571
+3,571
Tue 8 Sep 2026
484,680
-83,793
+71,245
+4,873
+5,597
-2,078
+2,078
Tue 1 Sep 2026
470,560
-102,406
+78,670
+14,904
+9,799
+967
-967
Tue 25 Aug 2026
443,531
-73,448
+80,923
-13,597
+6,818
+696
-696
Tue 18 Aug 2026
457,148
-66,453
+82,834
-25,328
+6,563
-2,384
+2,384
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.