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CFTC COT SRW wheat (CBOT) open interest: 516,379 contracts (2026-10-20) +1.9%

CFTC Commitments of Traders - Legacy Futures Only (Socrata API) Authoritative source Published 20th October 2026 United States

What the source reported

Source-reported

CFTC COT SRW wheat (CBOT) open interest: 516,379 contracts for 2026-10-20. Previous (2026-10-13): 506,774 contracts, change +1.9%. Geography: United States. Non-commercial long 131534, short 160804, spreading 162074 (weekly change: long 6878, short 18542). Commercial long 187969, short 158187 (weekly change: long -2931, short -17837). Market as named by CFTC: WHEAT-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE. Positions as of Tuesday 2026-10-20 (CFTC Legacy futures-only report).

Publication
CFTC Commitments of Traders - Legacy Futures Only (Socrata API) · Government/Regulator
Published
20th October 2026
Original report
cftc.gov

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Commodities & Input Costs
Geography
United States
Organisations
None identified
Collected
23rd October 2026 · 23:05

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 3 · Moderate

Initial Significance Moderate (22.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (51.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Likely Event Severity