Soybeans futures COT positions and historical chart

Official market: SOYBEANS · 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 Soybeans futures position of 160,479 contracts. The position increased by 29,974 contracts from the preceding available report. The position ranked in the 87th percentile of the latest 156 available reports.

Report date: 28 July 2026

Producer/Merchant/Processor/User

Long
283,941
Short
582,088
Spread
Net
-298,147
Weekly change
-32,189
Net / open interest
-29.22%
52 reports
23th percentile
156 reports
8th percentile

Swap Dealer

Long
148,653
Short
42,713
Spread
13,370
Net
+105,940
Weekly change
-7,037
Net / open interest
10.38%
52 reports
8th percentile
156 reports
15th percentile

Managed Money

Long
199,637
Short
39,158
Spread
150,261
Net
+160,479
Weekly change
+29,974
Net / open interest
15.73%
52 reports
62th percentile
156 reports
87th percentile

Historical net position

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CFTC positioning observations
Report dateParticipantLongShortSpreadNetWeekly changeNet / OI4-report change52-report context
2026-07-28Other Reportables80,22928,95194,275+51,278+6,1375.02%+12,80094th percentile
2026-07-28Non-Reportable49,74269,292-19,550+3,115-1.91%+9,89467th percentile
2026-07-28Producer/Merchant/Processor/User283,941582,088-298,147-32,189-29.22%-133,25323th percentile
2026-07-28Swap Dealer148,65342,71313,370+105,940-7,03710.38%-11,7718th percentile
2026-07-28Managed Money199,63739,158150,261+160,479+29,97415.73%+122,33062th percentile
2026-07-21Other Reportables74,98529,84499,481+45,141-5,0714.31%-18,71790th percentile
2026-07-21Non-Reportable48,54771,212-22,665+1,724-2.16%+5,52348th percentile
2026-07-21Producer/Merchant/Processor/User316,717582,675-265,958-58,397-25.44%-64,65444th percentile
2026-07-21Swap Dealer159,39246,41512,198+112,977+6,43010.81%-15,67133th percentile
2026-07-21Managed Money180,16349,658153,594+130,505+55,31412.48%+93,51956th percentile
2026-07-14Other Reportables74,89324,68187,064+50,212+6,9844.99%-12,90294th percentile
2026-07-14Non-Reportable46,38970,778-24,389+2,833-2.42%+3,57442th percentile
2026-07-14Producer/Merchant/Processor/User337,025544,586-207,561-6,272-20.65%+6,52060th percentile
2026-07-14Swap Dealer151,07244,52512,022+106,547-9,15710.60%-17,88915th percentile
2026-07-14Managed Money145,93070,739150,351+75,191+5,6127.48%+20,69746th percentile
2026-07-07Other Reportables68,94625,71888,179+43,228+4,7504.42%-9,37688th percentile
2026-07-07Non-Reportable43,41570,637-27,222+2,222-2.78%+1,12140th percentile
2026-07-07Producer/Merchant/Processor/User323,470524,759-201,289-36,395-20.62%+51,38162th percentile
2026-07-07Swap Dealer157,96342,25914,243+115,704-2,00711.85%-14,84638th percentile
2026-07-07Managed Money146,67277,093133,066+69,579+31,4307.12%-28,28046th percentile
2026-06-30Other Reportables64,47225,99481,342+38,478-25,3804.28%+6,47481th percentile
2026-06-30Non-Reportable40,07069,514-29,444-1,256-3.27%-6,55019th percentile
2026-06-30Producer/Merchant/Processor/User286,305451,199-164,894+36,410-18.34%+117,75667th percentile
2026-06-30Swap Dealer151,50933,79816,058+117,711-10,93713.09%-4954th percentile
2026-06-30Managed Money133,39695,247125,529+38,149+1,1634.24%-117,63142th percentile
2026-06-23Other Reportables95,67031,81294,187+63,858+7446.34%+43,412100th percentile
2026-06-23Non-Reportable44,50572,693-28,188-225-2.79%-12327th percentile
2026-06-23Producer/Merchant/Processor/User315,071516,375-201,304+12,777-19.99%+96,44160th percentile
2026-06-23Swap Dealer164,29335,64521,581+128,648+4,21212.77%+7,51394th percentile
2026-06-23Managed Money142,168105,182129,359+36,986-17,5083.67%-147,24340th percentile
2026-06-16Other Reportables95,36232,24892,281+63,114+10,5106.18%+48,913100th percentile
2026-06-16Non-Reportable48,12476,087-27,963+380-2.74%+1,00929th percentile
2026-06-16Producer/Merchant/Processor/User318,812532,893-214,081+38,589-20.98%+90,72358th percentile
2026-06-16Swap Dealer163,67939,24319,303+124,436-6,11412.19%+2,89879th percentile
2026-06-16Managed Money157,138102,644125,589+54,494-43,3655.34%-143,54344th percentile
2026-06-09Other Reportables87,81535,21186,579+52,604+20,6005.17%+36,625100th percentile
2026-06-09Non-Reportable45,34273,685-28,343-5,449-2.78%+7,55623th percentile
2026-06-09Producer/Merchant/Processor/User308,816561,486-252,670+29,980-24.86%+47,70950th percentile
2026-06-09Swap Dealer172,74942,19914,414+130,550+12,79012.84%+18,27496th percentile
2026-06-09Managed Money179,59181,732120,819+97,859-57,9219.63%-110,16450th percentile

How to interpret Soybeans positioning

What the contract represents

CBOT Soybean futures represent 5,000 bushels of deliverable soybeans.

Categories traders monitor

Managed Money is commonly compared with Producer/Merchant positions across growers, elevators, crushers and users.

Interpretation considerations

South American crops, US planting, Chinese demand and crush economics interact with meal and oil product markets.

Important limitations

The futures series cannot identify cross-commodity crush spreads or physical basis exposure.

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