Positions as of Tue 2 Nov 2021 - report month 2021-11
| Market | NYME BRENT CRUDE OIL LAST DAY |
| Months in dataset | 43 |
| Coverage | 2013-11 to 2021-11 |
| Months with a suppressed bank count | 43 |
| Latest US bank net, contracts | -343 |
| Latest non-US bank net, contracts | +971 |
| Latest all-bank net, contracts | +628 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-11 | suppressed | 668 | 1,011 | -343 | suppressed | 997 | 26 | +971 | 5 | +628 |
| 2021-10 | suppressed | 3,891 | 1,011 | +2,880 | suppressed | 284 | 658 | -374 | 5 | +2,506 |
| 2021-09 | suppressed | 2,974 | 1,162 | +1,812 | suppressed | 495 | 148 | +347 | 5 | +2,159 |
| 2021-08 | suppressed | 2,885 | 1,496 | +1,389 | suppressed | 732 | 176 | +556 | 5 | +1,945 |
| 2021-06 | suppressed | 2,578 | 2,157 | +421 | suppressed | 892 | 325 | +567 | 6 | +988 |
| 2021-05 | suppressed | 3,303 | 2,368 | +935 | suppressed | 425 | 344 | +81 | 6 | +1,016 |
| 2021-03 | suppressed | 4,866 | 2,964 | +1,902 | suppressed | 676 | 385 | +291 | 6 | +2,193 |
| 2021-02 | suppressed | 3,215 | 2,271 | +944 | suppressed | 175 | 454 | -279 | 6 | +665 |
| 2020-12 | suppressed | 2,530 | 1,494 | +1,036 | suppressed | 314 | 370 | -56 | 6 | +980 |
| 2020-11 | suppressed | 2,467 | 1,273 | +1,194 | suppressed | 424 | 363 | +61 | 6 | +1,255 |
| 2020-10 | suppressed | 3,273 | 652 | +2,621 | suppressed | 521 | 746 | -225 | 6 | +2,396 |
| 2020-09 | suppressed | 3,523 | 1,198 | +2,325 | suppressed | 811 | 955 | -144 | 6 | +2,181 |
| 2020-08 | suppressed | 4,006 | 896 | +3,110 | suppressed | 1,416 | 1,054 | +362 | 7 | +3,472 |
| 2020-07 | suppressed | 4,576 | 1,880 | +2,696 | suppressed | 729 | 1,019 | -290 | 6 | +2,406 |
| 2020-06 | suppressed | 3,181 | 4,410 | -1,229 | suppressed | 1,077 | 1,015 | +62 | 7 | -1,167 |
| 2020-05 | suppressed | 3,339 | 4,247 | -908 | suppressed | 626 | 1,216 | -590 | 5 | -1,498 |
| 2020-02 | suppressed | 3,775 | 1,632 | +2,143 | suppressed | 78 | 904 | -826 | 5 | +1,317 |
| 2020-01 | suppressed | 3,961 | 1,161 | +2,800 | suppressed | 354 | 904 | -550 | 5 | +2,250 |
| 2019-12 | suppressed | 4,083 | 1,522 | +2,561 | suppressed | 675 | 714 | -39 | 5 | +2,522 |
| 2019-11 | suppressed | 3,194 | 2,173 | +1,021 | suppressed | 110 | 732 | -622 | 5 | +399 |
| 2019-10 | suppressed | 3,821 | 2,166 | +1,655 | suppressed | 996 | 788 | +208 | 7 | +1,863 |
| 2019-09 | suppressed | 3,751 | 5,280 | -1,529 | suppressed | 416 | 440 | -24 | 6 | -1,553 |
| 2019-08 | suppressed | 7,223 | 6,717 | +506 | suppressed | 454 | 517 | -63 | 6 | +443 |
| 2019-07 | suppressed | 10,859 | 2,613 | +8,246 | suppressed | 414 | 148 | +266 | 5 | +8,512 |
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 Nov 2021.