Managed Money net +8,497 contracts in ETHANOL, 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
ETHANOL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC contract code
025651
Contract unit
Contracts Of 42,000 U.S. Gallons
Open interest, contracts
41,714
Change in open interest, contracts
-300
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
27,545
34,080
-
-6,535
66.0
81.7
-15.7
Swap Dealers
936
3,263
614
-2,327
2.2
7.8
-5.6
Managed Money
8,542
45
194
+8,497
20.5
0.1
20.4
Other Reportables
1,764
1,902
1,305
-138
4.2
4.6
-0.3
Total reportable
40,900
41,403
-
-503
98.0
99.3
-1.2
Nonreportable
814
311
-
+503
2.0
0.7
1.2
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
+8,497
Week change
-25
4-week change
+1,430
13-week change
+3,074
Net as % of open interest
20.4%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
94
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
98
Z-score, 52 weeks
1.63
COT Index, 3 years
97
52-week high of net
+8,868
52-week low of net
+3,503
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
50
67
Swap Dealers
4
4
Managed Money
20
-
Other Reportables
10
4
Total reportable
88
87
Largest 4 traders, gross long
28.6%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
20.5%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
44.8%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
34.2%
Largest 4 traders, net long
20.5%
Largest 4 traders, net short
18.2%
Largest 8 traders, net long
31.7%
Largest 8 traders, net short
27.6%
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
28,627
35,039
-
-6,412
63.9
78.2
-14.3
Swap Dealers
936
2,845
1,753
-1,909
2.1
6.4
-4.3
Managed Money
8,542
45
194
+8,497
19.1
0.1
19.0
Other Reportables
1,322
2,042
2,552
-720
3.0
4.6
-1.6
Total reportable
43,926
44,470
-
-544
98.0
99.3
-1.2
Nonreportable
874
330
-
+544
2.0
0.7
1.2
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
41,714
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
41,714
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
41,714
-6,535
-2,327
+8,497
-138
-503
+503
Tue 13 Oct 2026
42,014
-6,839
-2,276
+8,522
+158
-435
+435
Tue 6 Oct 2026
38,134
-6,958
-1,845
+7,935
+558
-310
+310
Tue 29 Sep 2026
47,828
-5,371
-2,882
+7,833
+351
-69
+69
Tue 22 Sep 2026
44,493
-4,962
-2,966
+7,067
+872
+11
-11
Tue 15 Sep 2026
41,259
-5,973
-2,293
+7,325
+896
-45
+45
Tue 8 Sep 2026
40,236
-7,026
-1,744
+7,687
+1,002
-81
+81
Tue 1 Sep 2026
49,127
-5,597
-3,077
+7,692
+1,160
+178
-178
Tue 25 Aug 2026
48,148
-5,817
-2,524
+7,119
+1,343
+121
-121
Tue 18 Aug 2026
44,388
-5,554
-1,428
+6,119
+1,201
+338
-338
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.