ROUGH RICE COT report
ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE positioning from the CFTC Legacy report. Net positions equal long contracts minus short contracts. Commercial, non-commercial and non-reportable classifications describe participants; they are not buy or sell signals.
Positions as of 2026-10-27. Open interest: 15016 contracts. This is the latest stored observation, not live trading data.
How are traders positioned?
| Category | Long | Short | Net contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-commercial | 6068 | 2235 | 3833 |
| Commercial | 5277 | 10288 | -5011 |
| Non-reportable | 2641 | 1463 | 1178 |
Non-commercial percentile: 100 across 103 stored observations. This is the share of sampled net positions at or below the latest value, not a price forecast.
Position history in contracts
| Observation date | Non-commercial net |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | 3833 |
| 2026-10-20 | 3636 |
| 2026-10-13 | 3496 |
| 2026-10-06 | 3009 |
| 2026-09-29 | 2735 |
| 2026-09-22 | 2245 |
| 2026-09-15 | 2370 |
| 2026-09-08 | 2174 |
| 2026-09-01 | 1778 |
| 2026-08-25 | 1156 |
| 2026-08-18 | 605 |
| 2026-08-11 | 523 |
| 2026-08-04 | 559 |
| 2026-07-28 | 708 |
| 2026-07-21 | 939 |
| 2026-07-14 | 401 |
| 2026-07-07 | 33 |
| 2026-06-30 | -95 |
| 2026-06-23 | -443 |
| 2026-06-16 | -242 |
| 2026-06-09 | 108 |
| 2026-06-02 | 45 |
| 2026-05-26 | 12 |
| 2026-05-19 | -839 |
| 2026-05-12 | -1260 |
| 2026-05-05 | -3649 |
| 2026-04-28 | -4155 |
| 2026-04-21 | -3664 |
| 2026-04-14 | -3734 |
| 2026-04-07 | -3254 |
| 2026-03-31 | -3332 |
| 2026-03-24 | -3158 |
| 2026-03-17 | -2914 |
| 2026-03-10 | -3725 |
| 2026-03-03 | -4445 |
| 2026-02-24 | -3757 |
| 2026-02-17 | -1770 |
| 2026-02-10 | -2449 |
| 2026-02-03 | -3203 |
| 2026-01-27 | -3719 |
| 2026-01-20 | -4344 |
| 2026-01-13 | -4441 |
| 2026-01-06 | -4988 |
| 2025-12-30 | -5965 |
| 2025-12-23 | -6175 |
| 2025-12-16 | -6384 |
| 2025-12-09 | -5971 |
| 2025-12-02 | -6089 |
| 2025-11-25 | -5922 |
| 2025-11-18 | -6199 |
| 2025-11-10 | -6196 |
| 2025-11-04 | -6063 |
| 2025-10-28 | -6282 |
| 2025-10-21 | -5270 |
| 2025-10-14 | -5281 |
| 2025-10-07 | -5407 |
| 2025-09-30 | -5199 |
| 2025-09-23 | -4961 |
| 2025-09-16 | -4808 |
| 2025-09-09 | -4638 |
| 2025-09-02 | -4602 |
| 2025-08-26 | -4627 |
| 2025-08-19 | -4045 |
| 2025-08-12 | -4643 |
| 2025-08-05 | -5100 |
| 2025-07-29 | -4591 |
| 2025-07-22 | -4053 |
| 2025-07-15 | -3331 |
| 2025-07-08 | -3106 |
| 2025-07-01 | -2016 |
| 2025-06-24 | -1915 |
| 2025-06-17 | -2337 |
| 2025-06-10 | -2763 |
| 2025-06-03 | -3196 |
| 2025-05-27 | -3728 |
| 2025-05-20 | -4619 |
| 2025-05-13 | -4582 |
| 2025-05-06 | -3924 |
| 2025-04-29 | -4228 |
| 2025-04-22 | -3772 |
| 2025-04-15 | -3971 |
| 2025-04-08 | -4771 |
| 2025-04-01 | -4415 |
| 2025-03-25 | -4033 |
| 2025-03-18 | -3832 |
| 2025-03-11 | -4115 |
| 2025-03-04 | -4674 |
| 2025-02-25 | -4064 |
| 2025-02-18 | -3625 |
| 2025-02-11 | -4021 |
| 2025-02-04 | -3132 |
| 2025-01-28 | -1485 |
| 2025-01-21 | -2611 |
| 2025-01-14 | -3654 |
| 2025-01-07 | -4075 |
| 2024-12-31 | -3331 |
| 2024-12-24 | -2135 |
| 2024-12-17 | -425 |
| 2024-12-10 | -352 |
| 2024-12-03 | -732 |
| 2024-11-26 | -1372 |
| 2024-11-19 | -1644 |
| 2024-11-12 | -2620 |
Historical AI commentary — 2026-07-07
This commentary is dated separately from the positioning table. It may describe an earlier market environment.
Rough Rice positioning is at extreme historical levels with both hedgers (Producer/Merchant + Swap Dealers) net short at the 0th percentile and speculators (Managed Money) net short at the 0th percentile. This extreme consensus short positioning has been building over the past two months, and PCA analysis of similar historical weeks shows a slight tendency for modest declines over the next 1-3 ...
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