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Wheat (SRW)

Managed money are net short 33,038 contracts, 5.4% of open interest. That is the 75th percentile of its three-year range. The net position changed −3.5K contracts over the latest week.

Positions as of13 Oct 2026Updated 17 Oct 2026
RangeWithin 3-year rangeNet short position
3Y historical percentile75thAmong its last 156 weekly readings
Net / open interest5.4%Managed money, net short
1-week flow−3.5K4-week flow −28.3K
Positioning historyWheat (SRW): managed money net position.Net contracts · Above zero: net long · Below zero: net short
2026-10-13Net short 33,038
Net short 126,8950 · no net position
2023-10-24Source: U.S. CFTC2026-10-13
ParticipantNet contractsRelative size
Managed money−33K
Non-reportables+3.9K
Other reportables+2.7K
Producers / merchants−44.1K
Swap dealers+70.6K

CFTC participant categories vary by report family. The primary positioning series uses managed money for physical commodities and leveraged funds for financial futures.

Curve contextThe futures curve is indexed to the front contract.contango · Front contract = 100
107.2103.6100.0
Dec 2026Normalized term structureSep 2028
Positioning bucketN4W positive8W positive12W positiveAvg 12W
z ≥ 2.0 (extreme long)4052.5%67.5%70.0%-3.47%
1.5 ≤ z < 2.04173.2%80.0%72.5%-7.03%
1.0 ≤ z < 1.58267.1%65.8%67.9%-2.90%
neutral (−1.0 < z < 1.0)43548.5%54.7%56.7%+0.02%
−1.5 < z ≤ −1.010856.5%60.2%62.0%+6.12%
−2.0 < z ≤ −1.58958.4%52.8%56.2%+3.32%
z ≤ −2.0 (extreme short)2673.1%50.0%57.7%+4.26%

Overlapping historical observations. Periods and sample sizes are shown so the comparison can be read in context.