Managed Money net +3,750 contracts in ERCOT HOUSTON 345KV RT PK FIX, 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 HOUSTON 345KV RT PK FIX - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV
CFTC contract code
06439N
Contract unit
Contracts Of About 352 Mwh
Open interest, contracts
39,665
Change in open interest, contracts
+24
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
23,052
30,523
-
-7,471
58.1
77.0
-18.8
Swap Dealers
245
3,487
4,240
-3,242
0.6
8.8
-8.2
Managed Money
3,750
0
150
+3,750
9.5
0.0
9.5
Other Reportables
6,684
285
980
+6,399
16.9
0.7
16.1
Total reportable
39,101
39,665
-
-564
98.6
100.0
-1.4
Nonreportable
564
0
-
+564
1.4
0.0
1.4
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
+3,750
Week change
+0
4-week change
-151
13-week change
-1,200
Net as % of open interest
9.5%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
44
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
81
Z-score, 52 weeks
0.10
COT Index, 3 years
72
52-week high of net
+5,489
52-week low of net
+1,810
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
16
14
Swap Dealers
-
4
Managed Money
-
0
Total reportable
27
24
Largest 4 traders, gross long
40.3%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
71.2%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
59.3%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
86.0%
Largest 4 traders, net long
39.4%
Largest 4 traders, net short
71.2%
Largest 8 traders, net long
56.1%
Largest 8 traders, net short
77.4%
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
23,052
30,523
-
-7,471
58.1
77.0
-18.8
Swap Dealers
245
3,487
4,240
-3,242
0.6
8.8
-8.2
Managed Money
3,750
0
150
+3,750
9.5
0.0
9.5
Other Reportables
6,684
285
980
+6,399
16.9
0.7
16.1
Total reportable
39,101
39,665
-
-564
98.6
100.0
-1.4
Nonreportable
564
0
-
+564
1.4
0.0
1.4
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
39,665
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
39,665
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
39,665
-7,471
-3,242
+3,750
+6,399
-564
+564
Tue 13 Oct 2026
39,641
-7,147
-3,242
+3,750
+6,075
-564
+564
Tue 6 Oct 2026
41,548
-7,539
-3,559
+3,901
+6,605
-592
+592
Tue 29 Sep 2026
41,553
-8,919
-2,299
+3,901
+6,785
-532
+532
Tue 22 Sep 2026
42,153
-8,919
-2,299
+3,901
+6,785
-532
+532
Tue 15 Sep 2026
42,388
-9,779
-1,369
+3,751
+6,565
-832
+832
Tue 8 Sep 2026
44,050
-9,055
-1,736
+3,901
+6,745
-145
+145
Tue 1 Sep 2026
43,880
-9,770
-1,736
+3,901
+6,745
-860
+860
Tue 25 Aug 2026
43,880
-9,765
-1,736
+3,901
+6,745
-855
+855
Tue 18 Aug 2026
43,820
-11,085
-116
+4,801
+5,846
-554
+554
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.