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managed-money net futures positioning in corn, soybeans, and wheat — released each friday for the previous tuesday. the smart/dumb money tell, rolled weekly.

commodity mm net w/w z-score w/w z signal
cornZC +181,692 +55,817 +0.69σ +0.28σ neutral
soybeansZS +151,782 +42,673 +1.05σ +0.44σ extended
wheatZW -25,328 +8,072 +0.76σ +0.21σ neutral
cornZC
mm net +181,692 · z +0.69σ · neutral
+850k0-850ksep 16mar 19aug 21feb 24aug 26managed moneyproducer/merchantswap dealersother reportables
net positions by trader category · 520 weeks · as of 18 aug 26
+1σ-1σ+2σ-2σ+3σ-3σ0aug 21nov 22feb 24may 25aug 26
managed-money net · 260-week rolling z-score · bands at ±1σ/±2σ/±3σ
soybeansZS
mm net +151,782 · z +1.05σ · extended
+450k0-450ksep 16mar 19aug 21feb 24aug 26managed moneyproducer/merchantswap dealersother reportables
net positions by trader category · 520 weeks · as of 18 aug 26
+1σ-1σ+2σ-2σ+3σ-3σ0aug 21nov 22feb 24may 25aug 26
managed-money net · 260-week rolling z-score · bands at ±1σ/±2σ/±3σ
wheatZW
mm net -25,328 · z +0.76σ · neutral
+200k0-200ksep 16mar 19aug 21feb 24aug 26managed moneyproducer/merchantswap dealersother reportables
net positions by trader category · 520 weeks · as of 18 aug 26
+1σ-1σ+2σ-2σ+3σ-3σ0aug 21nov 22feb 24may 25aug 26
managed-money net · 260-week rolling z-score · bands at ±1σ/±2σ/±3σ

last eight weeks

report date ZC ZS ZW
net z net z net z
18 aug 26 +181,692 +0.69σ +151,782 +1.05σ -25,328 +0.76σ
11 aug 26 +125,875 +0.41σ +109,109 +0.61σ -33,400 +0.55σ
4 aug 26 +144,821 +0.50σ +132,524 +0.86σ -24,870 +0.75σ
28 jul 26 +126,776 +0.41σ +160,479 +1.15σ -8,163 +1.17σ
21 jul 26 +56,713 +0.06σ +130,505 +0.84σ -18,399 +0.91σ
14 jul 26 +11,361 -0.17σ +75,191 +0.27σ -34,887 +0.49σ
7 jul 26 -14,999 -0.30σ +69,579 +0.21σ -60,432 -0.16σ
30 jun 26 -66,996 -0.56σ +38,149 -0.11σ -67,561 -0.34σ
data: cftc disaggregated commitments of traders (publicreporting.cftc.gov) rebuilt 22 aug 2026 · latest report 18 aug 2026
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