Managed Money net -4,713 contracts in CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET-WTI, 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 OIL, LIGHT SWEET-WTI - ICE FUTURES EUROPE
CFTC contract code
067411
Contract unit
Contracts Of 1,000 Barrels
Open interest, contracts
755,018
Change in open interest, contracts
+448
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
457,854
344,385
-
+113,469
60.6
45.6
15.0
Swap Dealers
6,247
95,936
54,948
-89,689
0.8
12.7
-11.9
Managed Money
16,334
21,047
26,687
-4,713
2.2
2.8
-0.6
Other Reportables
42,318
61,600
136,139
-19,282
5.6
8.2
-2.6
Total reportable
740,527
740,742
-
-215
98.1
98.1
-0.0
Nonreportable
14,491
14,276
-
+215
1.9
1.9
0.0
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
-4,713
Week change
+353
4-week change
+121
13-week change
+12,495
Net as % of open interest
-0.6%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
96
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
99
Z-score, 52 weeks
1.63
COT Index, 3 years
97
52-week high of net
-2,698
52-week low of net
-45,234
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
39
31
Swap Dealers
4
12
Managed Money
4
9
Other Reportables
9
24
Total reportable
97
91
Largest 4 traders, gross long
34.2%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
32.8%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
52.1%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
47.6%
Largest 4 traders, net long
28.5%
Largest 4 traders, net short
24.7%
Largest 8 traders, net long
38.5%
Largest 8 traders, net short
32.6%
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
506,354
361,145
-
+145,209
50.3
35.9
14.4
Swap Dealers
386
146,463
136,796
-146,077
0.0
14.5
-14.5
Managed Money
20,593
11,569
43,478
+9,024
2.0
1.1
0.9
Other Reportables
48,931
56,969
235,218
-8,038
4.9
5.7
-0.8
Total reportable
991,756
991,638
-
+118
98.5
98.5
0.0
Nonreportable
15,201
15,319
-
-118
1.5
1.5
-0.0
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
755,018
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
755,018
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
755,018
+113,469
-89,689
-4,713
-19,282
-215
+215
Tue 13 Oct 2026
754,570
+102,543
-78,852
-5,066
-17,837
+788
-788
Tue 6 Oct 2026
752,148
+85,490
-75,727
-4,534
-7,912
-2,683
+2,683
Tue 29 Sep 2026
742,626
+74,931
-73,263
-2,698
-3,042
-4,072
+4,072
Tue 22 Sep 2026
734,302
+78,357
-73,819
-4,834
-1,714
-2,010
+2,010
Tue 15 Sep 2026
753,881
+95,807
-81,101
-10,022
-7,823
-3,139
+3,139
Tue 8 Sep 2026
753,433
+95,736
-74,223
-9,687
-15,097
-3,271
+3,271
Tue 1 Sep 2026
767,357
+94,047
-73,982
-10,747
-13,904
-4,586
+4,586
Tue 25 Aug 2026
778,174
+88,782
-76,442
-10,359
-4,783
-2,802
+2,802
Tue 18 Aug 2026
815,351
+95,468
-80,781
-10,696
-6,755
-2,764
+2,764
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.