Managed Money net -112,846 contracts in HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL (INDEX), 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
HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL (INDEX) - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV
CFTC contract code
0233AM
Contract unit
2500 Mmbtu
Open interest, contracts
463,611
Change in open interest, contracts
+8,797
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
208,729
264,798
-
-56,069
45.0
57.1
-12.1
Swap Dealers
237,961
27,291
8,169
+210,670
51.3
5.9
45.4
Managed Money
845
113,691
1,691
-112,846
0.2
24.5
-24.3
Other Reportables
2,018
43,101
554
-41,083
0.4
9.3
-8.9
Total reportable
459,967
459,295
-
+672
99.2
99.1
0.1
Nonreportable
3,644
4,316
-
-672
0.8
0.9
-0.1
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
-112,846
Week change
+6,686
4-week change
+27,806
13-week change
+17,630
Net as % of open interest
-24.3%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
63
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
46
Z-score, 52 weeks
0.09
COT Index, 3 years
44
52-week high of net
-54,761
52-week low of net
-172,907
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
30
34
Swap Dealers
10
-
Managed Money
-
6
Other Reportables
-
6
Total reportable
46
54
Largest 4 traders, gross long
57.1%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
42.8%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
81.2%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
58.1%
Largest 4 traders, net long
56.8%
Largest 4 traders, net short
42.2%
Largest 8 traders, net long
79.9%
Largest 8 traders, net short
57.5%
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
208,729
264,798
-
-56,069
45.0
57.1
-12.1
Swap Dealers
237,961
27,291
8,169
+210,670
51.3
5.9
45.4
Managed Money
845
113,691
1,691
-112,846
0.2
24.5
-24.3
Other Reportables
2,018
43,101
554
-41,083
0.4
9.3
-8.9
Total reportable
459,967
459,295
-
+672
99.2
99.1
0.1
Nonreportable
3,644
4,316
-
-672
0.8
0.9
-0.1
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
463,611
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
463,611
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
463,611
-56,069
+210,670
-112,846
-41,083
+672
-672
Tue 13 Oct 2026
454,814
-45,397
+209,480
-119,532
-44,297
+254
-254
Tue 6 Oct 2026
439,044
-29,683
+205,113
-128,112
-48,257
-939
+939
Tue 29 Sep 2026
496,612
-37,526
+236,712
-146,994
-53,253
-1,061
+1,061
Tue 22 Sep 2026
471,492
-34,764
+227,182
-140,652
-52,975
-1,209
+1,209
Tue 15 Sep 2026
459,967
-37,790
+224,461
-138,446
-50,422
-2,197
+2,197
Tue 8 Sep 2026
446,334
-34,186
+217,105
-134,074
-51,042
-2,197
+2,197
Tue 1 Sep 2026
503,423
-54,004
+244,232
-140,477
-52,676
-2,925
+2,925
Tue 25 Aug 2026
494,796
-55,290
+240,454
-135,697
-52,376
-2,909
+2,909
Tue 18 Aug 2026
486,459
-52,734
+238,583
-139,205
-49,641
-2,997
+2,997
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.