1. CFR › Title 17 › Chapter I › Part 150 › Section 150.2

17 CFR 150.2 - Position limits.

§ 150.2 Position limits.

No person may hold or control positions, separately or in combination, net long or net short, for the purchase or sale of a commodity for future delivery or, on a futures-equivalent basis, options thereon, in excess of the following:

Speculative Position Limits

Limits by number of contracts
Contract Spot month Single month All months
Chicago Board of Trade
Corn and Mini-Corn 1 600 33,000 33,000
Oats 600 2,000 2,000
Soybeans and Mini-Soybeans 1 600 15,000 15,000
Wheat and Mini-Wheat 1 600 12,000 12,000
Soybean Oil 540 8,000 8,000
Soybean Meal 720 6,500 6,500
Minneapolis Grain Exchange
Hard Red Spring Wheat 600 12,000 12,000
ICE Futures U.S.
Cotton No. 2 300 5,000 5,000
Kansas City Board of Trade
Hard Winter Wheat 600 12,000 12,000

1 For purposes of compliance with these limits, positions in the regular sized and mini-sized contracts shall be aggregated.

[ 76 FR 71684, Nov. 18, 2011]

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United States Code
U.S. Code: Title 7 - AGRICULTURE

§ 6a - Excessive speculation

§ 6c - Prohibited transactions

§ 12a - Registration of commodity dealers and associated persons; regulation of registered entities

Statutes at Large

114 Stat. 2763