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Hedge fund positions in numbers for week to March 2

Markets Extra07 Mar 2021by Markets Extra

Below, details of the shifts in managed money positioning in US-traded agricultural commodities, in the eight days to Tuesday March 2.

Data are for futures and options combined, and sourced from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Analysis of the previous week’s data is available here.

Hedge funds’ net positioning in grains and oilseeds
Contract	Net long position (contracts)	Week-on-week change (contracts)
Chicago corn	348,546	-12,605
Chicago soybeans	155,561	-16,803
Chicago soyoil	108,081	-4,564
Chicago soymeal	65,424	-4,063
Kansas City wheat	51,724	-1,484
Chicago wheat	31,803	+4,893

Hedge funds’ net positioning in New York-traded soft commodities
Contract	Net long position (contracts)	Week-on-week change
Raw sugar	207,738	-10,812
Cotton	66,031	-6,423
Arabica coffee	37,876	+2,693
Cocoa	29,571	+13,450

Hedge funds’ net positioning in Chicago-traded livestock
Contract	Net long position (contracts)	Week-on-week change (contracts)
Live cattle	80,570	-7,594
Lean hogs	74,133	+1,353
Feeder cattle	1,164	-570

Hedge funds’ net positioning, by sector
Contract	Net long position (contracts)	Week-on-week change (contracts)
Grain and oilseeds	761,139	-34,626
Soft commodities	341,216	-1,092
Livestock	155,867	-6,811
Overall position	1,258,222	-42,529

* = most extreme on data going back to 2006

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