Managed Money net +14,550 contracts in CRUDE DIFF-WCS HOUSTON/WTI 1ST, 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
CRUDE DIFF-WCS HOUSTON/WTI 1ST - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV
CFTC contract code
06739C
Contract unit
1000 Barrels
Open interest, contracts
68,639
Change in open interest, contracts
+4,265
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
45,139
66,965
-
-21,826
65.8
97.6
-31.8
Swap Dealers
4,855
0
40
+4,855
7.1
0.0
7.1
Managed Money
14,825
275
1,155
+14,550
21.6
0.4
21.2
Other Reportables
2,431
60
134
+2,371
3.5
0.1
3.5
Total reportable
68,579
68,629
-
-50
99.9
100.0
-0.1
Nonreportable
60
10
-
+50
0.1
0.0
0.1
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
+14,550
Week change
+2,630
4-week change
+2,252
13-week change
+4,911
Net as % of open interest
21.2%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
94
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
98
Z-score, 52 weeks
1.60
COT Index, 3 years
95
52-week high of net
+15,455
52-week low of net
+3,635
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
27
22
Swap Dealers
-
0
Managed Money
5
-
Total reportable
36
28
Largest 4 traders, gross long
42.3%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
71.8%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
64.3%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
89.3%
Largest 4 traders, net long
35.6%
Largest 4 traders, net short
63.4%
Largest 8 traders, net long
50.9%
Largest 8 traders, net short
70.8%
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
45,139
66,965
-
-21,826
65.8
97.6
-31.8
Swap Dealers
4,855
0
40
+4,855
7.1
0.0
7.1
Managed Money
14,825
275
1,155
+14,550
21.6
0.4
21.2
Other Reportables
2,431
60
134
+2,371
3.5
0.1
3.5
Total reportable
68,579
68,629
-
-50
99.9
100.0
-0.1
Nonreportable
60
10
-
+50
0.1
0.0
0.1
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
68,639
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
68,639
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
68,639
-21,826
+4,855
+14,550
+2,371
-50
+50
Tue 13 Oct 2026
64,374
-17,221
+4,675
+11,920
+636
+10
-10
Tue 6 Oct 2026
61,529
-16,916
+4,380
+12,035
+511
+10
-10
Tue 29 Sep 2026
59,870
-17,271
+4,470
+12,235
+576
+10
-10
Tue 22 Sep 2026
73,322
-17,229
+4,720
+12,298
+226
+15
-15
Tue 15 Sep 2026
71,868
-15,064
+4,400
+10,319
+360
+15
-15
Tue 8 Sep 2026
64,663
-14,979
+4,400
+10,214
+360
-5
+5
Tue 1 Sep 2026
61,433
-14,559
+4,310
+10,274
+0
+25
-25
Tue 25 Aug 2026
66,472
-17,509
+3,795
+13,829
-120
-5
+5
Tue 18 Aug 2026
61,397
-18,889
+4,150
+14,714
+40
+15
-15
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.