Managed Money net +2,849 contracts in BRENT LAST DAY, 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
BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC contract code
06765T
Contract unit
Contracts Of 1,000 Barrels
Open interest, contracts
230,693
Change in open interest, contracts
+1,842
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
12,480
53,700
-
-41,220
5.4
23.3
-17.9
Swap Dealers
70,980
44
10,999
+70,936
30.8
0.0
30.7
Managed Money
4,307
1,458
2,703
+2,849
1.9
0.6
1.2
Other Reportables
32,074
69,766
84,546
-37,692
13.9
30.2
-16.3
Total reportable
218,089
223,216
-
-5,127
94.5
96.8
-2.2
Nonreportable
12,604
7,477
-
+5,127
5.5
3.2
2.2
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
+2,849
Week change
+146
4-week change
-2,159
13-week change
-11,406
Net as % of open interest
1.2%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
4
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
21
Z-score, 52 weeks
-1.89
COT Index, 3 years
40
52-week high of net
+22,277
52-week low of net
+2,703
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
10
12
Swap Dealers
10
-
Other Reportables
13
13
Total reportable
50
50
Largest 4 traders, gross long
42.3%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
51.5%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
63.7%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
70.9%
Largest 4 traders, net long
28.4%
Largest 4 traders, net short
37.1%
Largest 8 traders, net long
38.2%
Largest 8 traders, net short
45.2%
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
33,035
68,126
-
-35,091
10.5
21.6
-11.1
Swap Dealers
63,254
6,643
46,098
+56,611
20.1
2.1
17.9
Managed Money
3,650
2,491
4,482
+1,159
1.2
0.8
0.4
Other Reportables
37,139
65,087
114,753
-27,948
11.8
20.6
-8.9
Total reportable
302,412
307,681
-
-5,269
95.9
97.5
-1.7
Nonreportable
13,005
7,736
-
+5,269
4.1
2.5
1.7
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
230,693
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
230,693
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
230,693
-41,220
+70,936
+2,849
-37,692
-5,127
+5,127
Tue 13 Oct 2026
228,851
-36,106
+70,794
+2,703
-41,775
-4,384
+4,384
Tue 6 Oct 2026
230,626
-41,789
+69,813
+3,357
-35,366
-3,985
+3,985
Tue 29 Sep 2026
243,324
-31,484
+64,103
+4,186
-39,849
-3,044
+3,044
Tue 22 Sep 2026
251,518
-31,693
+73,876
+5,008
-49,193
-2,002
+2,002
Tue 15 Sep 2026
260,719
-32,531
+70,446
+7,896
-48,525
-2,714
+2,714
Tue 8 Sep 2026
262,500
-28,964
+67,153
+5,913
-47,749
-3,647
+3,647
Tue 1 Sep 2026
253,258
-29,024
+65,866
+5,307
-44,704
-2,555
+2,555
Tue 25 Aug 2026
270,144
-32,670
+62,245
+7,126
-38,125
-1,424
+1,424
Tue 18 Aug 2026
253,532
-33,708
+65,364
+6,836
-39,086
-594
+594
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.