Positions as of Tue 2 Jan 2018 - report month 2018-01
| Market | IFED NATURAL GAS ICE HENRY HUB |
| Months in dataset | 51 |
| Coverage | 2013-11 to 2018-01 |
| Months with a suppressed bank count | 2 |
| Latest US bank net, contracts | -1,551,397 |
| Latest non-US bank net, contracts | -562,740 |
| Latest all-bank net, contracts | -2,114,137 |
Bank positions, last 24 months
| Month | US banks | US long | US short | US net | Non-US banks | Non-US long | Non-US short | Non-US net | All banks | All net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-01 | 4 | 24,737 | 1,576,134 | -1,551,397 | 7 | 69,931 | 632,671 | -562,740 | 11 | -2,114,137 |
| 2017-12 | 4 | 20,852 | 1,561,240 | -1,540,388 | 7 | 69,947 | 671,931 | -601,984 | 11 | -2,142,372 |
| 2017-11 | 4 | 21,196 | 1,578,689 | -1,557,493 | 7 | 60,798 | 706,762 | -645,964 | 11 | -2,203,457 |
| 2017-10 | 4 | 17,319 | 1,652,428 | -1,635,109 | 7 | 57,338 | 691,660 | -634,322 | 11 | -2,269,431 |
| 2017-09 | 4 | 18,344 | 1,655,908 | -1,637,564 | 7 | 58,848 | 724,252 | -665,404 | 11 | -2,302,968 |
| 2017-08 | 4 | 16,338 | 1,622,324 | -1,605,986 | 8 | 55,273 | 766,656 | -711,383 | 12 | -2,317,369 |
| 2017-07 | 4 | 18,372 | 1,502,902 | -1,484,530 | 8 | 53,927 | 792,611 | -738,684 | 12 | -2,223,214 |
| 2017-06 | 4 | 21,335 | 1,452,678 | -1,431,343 | 8 | 46,369 | 806,066 | -759,697 | 12 | -2,191,040 |
| 2017-05 | 4 | 19,570 | 1,414,772 | -1,395,202 | 8 | 38,850 | 830,659 | -791,809 | 12 | -2,187,011 |
| 2017-04 | 4 | 13,712 | 1,418,020 | -1,404,308 | 8 | 44,396 | 783,803 | -739,407 | 12 | -2,143,715 |
| 2017-03 | 4 | 13,937 | 1,438,704 | -1,424,767 | 8 | 47,016 | 716,383 | -669,367 | 12 | -2,094,134 |
| 2017-02 | 4 | 14,566 | 1,423,215 | -1,408,649 | 8 | 37,559 | 736,951 | -699,392 | 12 | -2,108,041 |
| 2017-01 | 4 | 15,307 | 1,363,477 | -1,348,170 | 8 | 32,884 | 753,801 | -720,917 | 12 | -2,069,087 |
| 2016-12 | 4 | 20,717 | 1,283,616 | -1,262,899 | 8 | 34,876 | 717,797 | -682,921 | 12 | -1,945,820 |
| 2016-11 | 4 | 31,950 | 1,223,424 | -1,191,474 | 8 | 35,834 | 666,694 | -630,860 | 12 | -1,822,334 |
| 2016-10 | 4 | 23,506 | 1,201,808 | -1,178,302 | 8 | 37,374 | 638,937 | -601,563 | 12 | -1,779,865 |
| 2016-09 | 4 | 17,543 | 1,160,677 | -1,143,134 | 8 | 34,936 | 657,991 | -623,055 | 12 | -1,766,189 |
| 2016-08 | 4 | 12,466 | 1,136,664 | -1,124,198 | 8 | 29,900 | 666,604 | -636,704 | 12 | -1,760,902 |
| 2016-07 | 4 | 11,230 | 1,160,517 | -1,149,287 | 8 | 24,191 | 673,411 | -649,220 | 12 | -1,798,507 |
| 2016-06 | 4 | 13,838 | 1,137,864 | -1,124,026 | 8 | 26,774 | 662,024 | -635,250 | 12 | -1,759,276 |
| 2016-05 | 4 | 12,007 | 1,121,825 | -1,109,818 | 9 | 28,928 | 820,653 | -791,725 | 13 | -1,901,543 |
| 2016-04 | 4 | 12,083 | 1,138,570 | -1,126,487 | 9 | 36,354 | 794,963 | -758,609 | 13 | -1,885,096 |
| 2016-03 | 4 | 8,153 | 1,082,433 | -1,074,280 | 9 | 42,694 | 766,656 | -723,962 | 13 | -1,798,242 |
| 2016-02 | 4 | 13,648 | 958,501 | -944,853 | 8 | 43,243 | 789,692 | -746,449 | 12 | -1,691,302 |
Net is gross long minus gross short; the report publishes gross positions and the net is computed here. A suppressed bank count means the group held fewer than four banks that month; the split was withheld, not zero. Months where the split was withheld are part of the record and stay in the table.
Source: CFTC Bank Participation Report, monthly, futures. Positions as of Tue 2 Jan 2018.