Kansas City HRW Wheat futures COT positions and historical chart

Official market: WHEAT-HRW · CBOT · Disaggregated Futures Only · 5,000 bushels

Latest report: 28 July 2026 · Current weekly data

Official CFTC dataset

Current positioning summary

Managed Money held a net-long Kansas City HRW Wheat futures position of 31,411 contracts. The position increased by 4,701 contracts from the preceding available report. The position ranked in the 99th percentile of the latest 156 available reports.

Report date: 28 July 2026

Producer/Merchant/Processor/User

Long
26,461
Short
121,770
Spread
Net
-95,309
Weekly change
-4,930
Net / open interest
-31.38%
52 reports
2th percentile
156 reports
1th percentile

Swap Dealer

Long
82,654
Short
4,081
Spread
4,018
Net
+78,573
Weekly change
+916
Net / open interest
25.87%
52 reports
94th percentile
156 reports
98th percentile

Managed Money

Long
65,075
Short
33,664
Spread
69,366
Net
+31,411
Weekly change
+4,701
Net / open interest
10.34%
52 reports
96th percentile
156 reports
99th percentile

Historical net position

Actual report dates; missing weeks are not interpolated. A data table follows the chart.

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Accessible historical data

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CFTC positioning observations
Report dateParticipantLongShortSpreadNetWeekly changeNet / OI4-report change52-report context
2026-07-28Other Reportables7,34722,80028,339-15,453-3,043-5.08%-15221th percentile
2026-07-28Non-Reportable20,42419,646+778+2,3560.25%+4,75690th percentile
2026-07-28Producer/Merchant/Processor/User26,461121,770-95,309-4,930-31.38%-33,7292th percentile
2026-07-28Swap Dealer82,6544,0814,018+78,573+91625.87%+2,67694th percentile
2026-07-28Managed Money65,07533,66469,366+31,411+4,70110.34%+26,44996th percentile
2026-07-21Other Reportables8,00820,41824,998-12,410-390-4.21%+1,95929th percentile
2026-07-21Non-Reportable19,47921,057-1,578+164-0.53%+1,33962th percentile
2026-07-21Producer/Merchant/Processor/User28,724119,103-90,379-16,002-30.72%-32,1644th percentile
2026-07-21Swap Dealer82,5794,9222,760+77,657+3,30726.40%+1,39888th percentile
2026-07-21Managed Money65,42538,71562,160+26,710+12,9219.08%+27,46888th percentile
2026-07-14Other Reportables7,16919,18917,976-12,020+2,722-4.48%+5,58129th percentile
2026-07-14Non-Reportable18,99720,739-1,742+1,593-0.65%+1,11554th percentile
2026-07-14Producer/Merchant/Processor/User29,036103,413-74,377-5,827-27.75%-13,90023th percentile
2026-07-14Swap Dealer80,8546,5042,962+74,350-3,54827.74%+1,77867th percentile
2026-07-14Managed Money61,68047,89149,263+13,789+5,0605.14%+5,42681th percentile
2026-07-07Other Reportables6,74921,49117,926-14,742+559-5.49%+2,52325th percentile
2026-07-07Non-Reportable18,13621,471-3,335+643-1.24%-4,02233th percentile
2026-07-07Producer/Merchant/Processor/User28,79397,343-68,550-6,970-25.54%-11,80031th percentile
2026-07-07Swap Dealer81,9984,1002,281+77,898+2,00129.03%+57292th percentile
2026-07-07Managed Money63,30554,57649,140+8,729+3,7673.25%+12,72775th percentile
2026-06-30Other Reportables6,82822,12918,082-15,301-932-5.86%+7,93621th percentile
2026-06-30Non-Reportable19,12823,106-3,978-1,061-1.52%-3,69723th percentile
2026-06-30Producer/Merchant/Processor/User27,79089,370-61,580-3,365-23.60%+8,52038th percentile
2026-06-30Swap Dealer80,2634,3663,758+75,897-36229.08%-3,48679th percentile
2026-06-30Managed Money59,57054,60845,494+4,962+5,7201.90%-9,27371th percentile
2026-06-23Other Reportables8,10222,47116,970-14,369+3,232-5.33%+15,49423th percentile
2026-06-23Non-Reportable20,42523,342-2,917-60-1.08%-3,77338th percentile
2026-06-23Producer/Merchant/Processor/User28,47786,692-58,215+2,262-21.62%+22,42144th percentile
2026-06-23Swap Dealer80,8854,6269,376+76,259+3,68728.33%-5,25585th percentile
2026-06-23Managed Money56,86357,62148,082-758-9,121-0.28%-28,88769th percentile
2026-06-16Other Reportables6,87824,47921,617-17,601-336-6.07%+7,77413th percentile
2026-06-16Non-Reportable20,36023,217-2,857-3,544-0.98%-2,38240th percentile
2026-06-16Producer/Merchant/Processor/User33,37893,855-60,477-3,727-20.88%+25,98838th percentile
2026-06-16Swap Dealer79,2536,68115,546+72,572-4,75425.06%-8,95271th percentile
2026-06-16Managed Money59,03450,67153,468+8,363+12,3612.88%-22,42875th percentile
2026-06-09Other Reportables7,92725,19224,500-17,265+5,972-5.93%+5,21713th percentile
2026-06-09Non-Reportable21,36920,682+687+9680.23%+1,08190th percentile
2026-06-09Producer/Merchant/Processor/User43,14399,893-56,750+13,350-19.50%+34,93744th percentile
2026-06-09Swap Dealer83,8236,4975,828+77,326-2,05726.57%-53090th percentile
2026-06-09Managed Money53,34857,34651,014-3,998-18,233-1.37%-40,70571th percentile

How to interpret Kansas City HRW Wheat positioning

What the contract represents

Kansas City Hard Red Winter Wheat futures represent 5,000 bushels; the stable code spans the KCBT-to-CBOT venue transition.

Categories traders monitor

Managed Money positioning is evaluated separately from Producer/Merchant activity tied to the HRW supply chain.

Interpretation considerations

Protein characteristics, Plains weather and basis relationships distinguish HRW from Chicago SRW wheat.

Important limitations

The continuity mapping follows one official code and never merges the separate SRW contract.

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