Corn COT Report
The Commitment of Traders (COT) report shows how the largest traders are positioned in Corn futures each week. The CFTC splits open interest into speculators (managed money) and commercial hedgers, so you can see who is leaning which way. Tracking when Corn speculative positioning reaches an extreme, and how speculators line up against commercials, is one of the most widely followed sentiment tools in futures.
What drives Corn positioning
In grains, commercials are farmers, elevators and grain merchants hedging the crop, so Corn positioning carries a strong seasonal and weather signature that speculative flows amplify. Corn positioning is driven by USDA acreage and WASDE reports, planting and growing-season weather, and ethanol and export demand. The commercials are farmers, elevators and processors hedging the crop.
How to read the Corn COT report
For Corn, the 52-week z-score frames how far managed money has pushed positioning from its seasonal norm: high positive is crowded long, deeply negative is crowded short. Because grain flows carry a strong seasonal and weather signature, read the score together with the positioning regime to see whether the move is trending or overextended. Corn positioning is highly seasonal around the US crop, so weather scares and report days drive the sharpest speculative shifts. If COT is new to you, start with how to read the COT report.
COTInsight scores Corn on nine analytical layers every week, the moment the CFTC data lands: the 52-week z-score, the 3-year COT Index, regime classification, price-versus-positioning divergence, open-interest trend and more, with up to ten years of history so you can see how today compares to every prior extreme.
Corn COT report FAQ
Which CFTC report covers Corn?
Corn positioning comes from the CFTC Disaggregated Commitments of Traders report, which splits Corn open interest into Producer/Merchant/Processor/User and Swap Dealer hedgers on one side and Managed Money and Other Reportables on the other. COTInsight reads it directly from the CFTC every week.
When is the Corn COT report updated?
The CFTC releases the Commitments of Traders report every Friday at 3:30pm ET, reflecting positions as of the prior Tuesday. COTInsight recomputes the Corn z-score, COT Index and regime the moment the data lands.
Is Corn COT positioning bullish or bearish right now?
The COT report is a positioning and sentiment gauge, not a direct buy or sell signal: it shows whether speculators are crowded long or short in Corn. COTInsight scores this week's Corn reading on a 52-week z-score, a 3-year COT Index and a positioning regime. Start a free 7-day trial to see the current reading.
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