ARGUS PROPANE FAR EAST INDEX COT Report, Disaggregated
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Managed Money net +37 contracts in ARGUS PROPANE FAR EAST INDEX, positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026.
Data as of Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026; published Fri 23 Oct 2026
Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026 - published Fri 23 Oct 2026 (CFTC, Friday release)
Report family
Disaggregated
Basis
Futures only
Market
ARGUS PROPANE FAR EAST INDEX - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC contract code
06665B
Contract unit
Contracts Of 1,000 Metric Tons
Open interest, contracts
4,439
Change in open interest, contracts
+133
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
1,920
3,430
-
-1,510
43.3
77.3
-34.0
Swap Dealers
354
104
272
+250
8.0
2.3
5.6
Managed Money
37
0
0
+37
0.8
0.0
0.8
Other Reportables
936
3
89
+933
21.1
0.1
21.0
Total reportable
3,608
3,898
-
-290
81.3
87.8
-6.5
Nonreportable
831
541
-
+290
18.7
12.2
6.5
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
+37
Week change
+3
4-week change
+3
13-week change
+9
Net as % of open interest
0.8%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
100
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
60
Z-score, 52 weeks
1.14
COT Index, 3 years
21
52-week high of net
+37
52-week low of net
-64
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
15
13
Managed Money
-
0
Total reportable
22
19
Largest 4 traders, gross long
49.6%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
64.7%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
62.7%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
76.9%
Largest 4 traders, net long
46.5%
Largest 4 traders, net short
60.4%
Largest 8 traders, net long
54.9%
Largest 8 traders, net short
64.3%
Concentration is the share of open interest held by the largest traders, as published in the report.
Latest report, futures and options combined
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
1,920
3,430
-
-1,510
43.3
77.3
-34.0
Swap Dealers
354
104
272
+250
8.0
2.3
5.6
Managed Money
37
0
0
+37
0.8
0.0
0.8
Other Reportables
936
3
89
+933
21.1
0.1
21.0
Total reportable
3,608
3,898
-
-290
81.3
87.8
-6.5
Nonreportable
831
541
-
+290
18.7
12.2
6.5
The combined basis adds options converted to futures equivalents at exchange delta factors. The two bases are never mixed in one series; the history on this page is futures only.
Open interest by maturity split
All contract months, contracts
4,439
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
4,439
Other months, contracts
0
Recent reports, net by category
Report date
Open interest
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
Swap Dealers
Managed Money
Other Reportables
Total reportable
Nonreportable
Tue 20 Oct 2026
4,439
-1,510
+250
+37
+933
-290
+290
Tue 13 Oct 2026
4,306
-1,470
+225
+34
+939
-272
+272
Tue 6 Oct 2026
4,213
-1,410
+197
+36
+897
-280
+280
Tue 29 Sep 2026
4,601
-1,466
+144
+36
+933
-353
+353
Tue 22 Sep 2026
4,433
-1,498
+178
+34
+929
-357
+357
Tue 15 Sep 2026
4,444
-1,636
+269
+34
+933
-400
+400
Tue 8 Sep 2026
4,366
-1,547
+235
+36
+883
-393
+393
Tue 1 Sep 2026
4,823
-1,506
+308
+36
+874
-288
+288
Tue 25 Aug 2026
4,737
-1,406
+339
+34
+865
-168
+168
Tue 18 Aug 2026
4,559
-1,429
+349
+36
+853
-191
+191
Spreading is calendar-spread positions. It prints as its own column and is not part of net. Percentile is the share of weeks in the window with a net at or below the current net. The COT Index places the current net within its 3-year range, 0 at the low and 100 at the high. Gauges print only when the window holds enough history. History is the series as currently published by the CFTC, including its corrections; first-release vintages are not kept. An extreme reading is a condition of crowding, not a buy or sell signal: speculative categories are trend followers and are usually largest near price extremes.
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, Disaggregated report, futures only unless stated. Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026, published Fri 23 Oct 2026.