ERCOT North 345KV Hub RT 7x8 COT Report, Disaggregated
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Managed Money net +121,666 contracts in ERCOT North 345KV Hub RT 7x8, 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 North 345KV Hub RT 7x8 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV
CFTC contract code
0643IK
Contract unit
1Mw For About 352 Hours
Open interest, contracts
284,841
Change in open interest, contracts
+1,495
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
115,343
221,906
-
-106,563
40.5
77.9
-37.4
Swap Dealers
4,940
31,747
9,775
-26,807
1.7
11.1
-9.4
Managed Money
124,317
2,651
8,900
+121,666
43.6
0.9
42.7
Other Reportables
15,951
4,747
4,775
+11,204
5.6
1.7
3.9
Total reportable
284,001
284,501
-
-500
99.7
99.9
-0.2
Nonreportable
840
340
-
+500
0.3
0.1
0.2
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
+121,666
Week change
+405
4-week change
-1,061
13-week change
+18,022
Net as % of open interest
42.7%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
90
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
97
Z-score, 52 weeks
1.73
COT Index, 3 years
98
52-week high of net
+124,278
52-week low of net
+70,964
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
25
29
Swap Dealers
-
5
Managed Money
7
4
Other Reportables
10
5
Total reportable
54
54
Largest 4 traders, gross long
63.2%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
51.6%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
75.1%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
70.2%
Largest 4 traders, net long
55.5%
Largest 4 traders, net short
50.5%
Largest 8 traders, net long
64.0%
Largest 8 traders, net short
64.3%
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
115,735
222,111
-
-106,376
40.6
77.8
-37.3
Swap Dealers
4,940
31,747
9,775
-26,807
1.7
11.1
-9.4
Managed Money
124,084
2,651
9,223
+121,433
43.5
0.9
42.6
Other Reportables
15,951
4,702
4,820
+11,249
5.6
1.6
3.9
Total reportable
284,529
285,029
-
-500
99.7
99.9
-0.2
Nonreportable
840
340
-
+500
0.3
0.1
0.2
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
284,841
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
284,841
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
284,841
-106,563
-26,807
+121,666
+11,204
-500
+500
Tue 13 Oct 2026
283,346
-106,286
-26,726
+121,261
+11,233
-518
+518
Tue 6 Oct 2026
285,043
-109,577
-28,948
+124,278
+13,688
-559
+559
Tue 29 Sep 2026
279,094
-107,226
-29,458
+123,585
+12,524
-575
+575
Tue 22 Sep 2026
270,571
-106,580
-28,931
+122,727
+12,024
-760
+760
Tue 15 Sep 2026
264,896
-102,349
-28,289
+118,808
+11,248
-582
+582
Tue 8 Sep 2026
274,676
-105,309
-30,653
+124,185
+8,944
-2,833
+2,833
Tue 1 Sep 2026
273,239
-102,121
-30,830
+123,581
+8,574
-796
+796
Tue 25 Aug 2026
261,121
-88,723
-29,884
+110,756
+7,236
-615
+615
Tue 18 Aug 2026
253,434
-82,331
-30,948
+106,052
+6,478
-749
+749
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.