SOYBEAN MEAL

Name: SOYBEAN MEAL — Commitments of Traders
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE · AGRICULTURE · CFTC Code 026603

Latest week — 2026-05-12

Open interest	651,275 contracts
Speculator (non-commercial) long	192,275 (29.5% of OI)
Speculator short	50,186 (7.7% of OI)
Speculator NET	+142,089
Commercial (hedger) long	257,649 (39.6% of OI)
Commercial short	416,079 (63.9% of OI)
Commercial NET	-158,430
Total traders	326

Week-over-week change

Open interest	+17,540
Speculator long	+7,571
Speculator short	-7,157
Commercial long	-1,598
Commercial short	+3,656

52-week history

Week	Open Interest	Spec Long	Spec Short	Comm Long	Comm Short
2026-05-12	651,275	192,275	50,186	257,649	416,079
2026-05-05	633,734	184,704	57,343	259,247	412,423
2026-04-28	637,906	190,257	54,094	265,872	422,385
2026-04-21	694,342	180,114	48,190	297,325	454,661
2026-04-14	683,714	192,946	43,198	270,030	443,698
2026-04-07	669,143	160,571	50,442	283,953	417,276
2026-03-31	659,166	167,199	52,458	282,190	421,053
2026-03-24	648,304	170,497	47,435	269,691	418,933
2026-03-17	605,483	155,839	61,832	261,735	378,429
2026-03-10	595,072	146,954	53,981	261,644	377,242
2026-03-03	584,419	137,490	69,701	268,936	356,590
2026-02-24	556,917	119,649	72,960	273,028	341,869
2026-02-17	598,663	102,266	89,602	305,040	338,814
2026-02-10	600,880	102,296	100,160	305,181	325,121
2026-02-03	613,292	104,102	111,388	310,834	318,950
2026-01-27	600,273	106,226	125,069	298,144	298,469
2026-01-20	599,203	99,783	133,565	301,845	285,024
2026-01-13	581,407	100,529	109,416	295,260	301,331
2026-01-06	551,228	93,435	112,997	282,705	276,827
2025-12-30	545,507	98,413	108,258	279,083	282,766
2025-12-23	613,388	96,895	102,800	292,402	301,244
2025-12-16	635,524	103,011	97,677	298,860	320,772
2025-12-09	646,372	108,580	85,829	306,028	348,372
2025-12-02	650,587	129,565	78,318	299,618	366,356
2025-11-25	655,968	137,121	77,443	299,063	372,379
2025-11-18	728,358	143,223	79,751	322,033	404,991
2025-11-10	732,474	132,521	97,498	340,385	393,962
2025-11-04	737,671	131,311	108,619	359,773	401,551
2025-10-28	752,450	122,570	142,582	375,029	374,630
2025-10-21	785,769	115,567	181,566	395,696	353,080
2025-10-14	784,543	111,334	204,295	401,107	326,490
2025-10-07	762,418	112,232	195,893	387,800	322,071
2025-09-30	736,103	109,375	195,976	372,959	304,005
2025-09-23	749,986	99,815	182,595	376,187	309,027
2025-09-16	713,726	103,787	163,208	361,690	321,149
2025-09-09	694,257	107,909	164,610	349,174	310,341
2025-09-02	669,416	93,678	165,741	350,226	293,785
2025-08-26	677,277	102,826	141,143	346,705	325,817
2025-08-19	755,353	97,512	158,431	368,567	327,996
2025-08-12	758,571	91,319	169,515	384,919	327,835
2025-08-05	752,333	94,097	198,313	386,399	303,469
2025-07-29	740,724	96,398	209,340	380,539	290,147
2025-07-22	761,462	99,724	203,470	378,914	300,498
2025-07-15	755,740	98,121	211,962	382,087	296,662
2025-07-08	725,780	86,612	204,454	377,529	287,334
2025-07-01	703,343	90,536	208,961	361,786	273,890
2025-06-24	683,238	86,839	188,608	353,757	279,837
2025-06-17	722,654	85,237	188,061	372,441	294,012
2025-06-10	671,097	93,012	168,851	338,918	288,423
2025-06-03	668,904	93,418	179,860	329,745	271,405
2025-05-27	657,435	95,196	174,654	318,887	265,782
2025-05-20	663,735	91,037	182,687	329,046	264,202

External source

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