Managed Money net -50 contracts in ERCOT.HB_NORTH_month_off_rtp, 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
ERCOT.HB_NORTH_month_off_rtp - NODAL EXCHANGE
CFTC contract code
064FOL
Contract unit
Megawatt Hours (Mwh
Open interest, contracts
73,691
Change in open interest, contracts
+250
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
61,131
46,430
-
+14,701
83.0
63.0
19.9
Swap Dealers
3,171
16,430
1,430
-13,259
4.3
22.3
-18.0
Managed Money
0
50
250
-50
0.0
0.1
-0.1
Other Reportables
0
1,005
0
-1,005
0.0
1.4
-1.4
Total reportable
65,982
65,595
-
+387
89.5
89.0
0.5
Nonreportable
7,709
8,096
-
-387
10.5
11.0
-0.5
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
-50
Week change
+250
4-week change
-50
13-week change
-50
Net as % of open interest
-0.1%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
8
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
3
Z-score, 52 weeks
-0.54
COT Index, 3 years
17
52-week high of net
+75
52-week low of net
-300
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
12
14
Swap Dealers
-
4
Managed Money
0
-
Other Reportables
0
-
Total reportable
18
21
Largest 4 traders, gross long
69.8%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
50.4%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
84.0%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
71.7%
Largest 4 traders, net long
63.8%
Largest 4 traders, net short
48.2%
Largest 8 traders, net long
74.8%
Largest 8 traders, net short
65.3%
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
61,131
46,430
-
+14,701
83.0
63.0
19.9
Swap Dealers
3,171
16,430
1,430
-13,259
4.3
22.3
-18.0
Managed Money
0
50
250
-50
0.0
0.1
-0.1
Other Reportables
0
1,005
0
-1,005
0.0
1.4
-1.4
Total reportable
65,982
65,595
-
+387
89.5
89.0
0.5
Nonreportable
7,709
8,096
-
-387
10.5
11.0
-0.5
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
73,691
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
73,691
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
73,691
+14,701
-13,259
-50
-1,005
+387
-387
Tue 13 Oct 2026
73,441
+14,951
-13,259
-300
-1,005
+387
-387
Tue 6 Oct 2026
77,378
+14,788
-13,404
-300
-1,040
+44
-44
Tue 29 Sep 2026
77,228
+14,638
-13,254
-300
-1,040
+44
-44
Tue 22 Sep 2026
76,748
+14,338
-13,254
+0
-1,040
+44
-44
Tue 15 Sep 2026
76,653
+13,738
-12,654
+0
-1,040
+44
-44
Tue 8 Sep 2026
80,055
+12,374
-12,894
+0
-1,075
-1,595
+1,595
Tue 1 Sep 2026
80,055
+13,999
-12,839
+0
-1,075
+85
-85
Tue 25 Aug 2026
80,055
+13,999
-12,839
+0
-1,075
+85
-85
Tue 18 Aug 2026
79,575
+13,999
-12,839
+0
-1,075
+85
-85
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.