Managed Money net +1,596 contracts in LITHIUM HYDROXIDE, 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
LITHIUM HYDROXIDE - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC.
CFTC contract code
189691
Contract unit
1000) Kilograms
Open interest, contracts
22,960
Change in open interest, contracts
+2,030
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
2,014
4,525
-
-2,511
8.8
19.7
-10.9
Swap Dealers
14,381
5,226
118
+9,155
62.6
22.8
39.9
Managed Money
3,472
1,876
287
+1,596
15.1
8.2
7.0
Other Reportables
504
8,489
1,902
-7,985
2.2
37.0
-34.8
Total reportable
22,678
22,423
-
+255
98.8
97.7
1.1
Nonreportable
282
537
-
-255
1.2
2.3
-1.1
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
+1,596
Week change
+513
4-week change
+183
13-week change
+289
Net as % of open interest
7.0%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
50
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
37
Z-score, 52 weeks
-0.15
COT Index, 3 years
31
52-week high of net
+3,023
52-week low of net
+693
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
4
7
Swap Dealers
8
-
Managed Money
-
8
Other Reportables
-
14
Total reportable
22
36
Largest 4 traders, gross long
59.4%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
53.5%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
80.5%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
69.3%
Largest 4 traders, net long
58.6%
Largest 4 traders, net short
53.5%
Largest 8 traders, net long
77.4%
Largest 8 traders, net short
67.6%
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
2,014
4,525
-
-2,511
8.8
19.7
-10.9
Swap Dealers
14,381
5,226
118
+9,155
62.6
22.8
39.9
Managed Money
3,472
1,876
287
+1,596
15.1
8.2
7.0
Other Reportables
504
8,489
1,902
-7,985
2.2
37.0
-34.8
Total reportable
22,678
22,423
-
+255
98.8
97.7
1.1
Nonreportable
282
537
-
-255
1.2
2.3
-1.1
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
22,960
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
22,960
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
22,960
-2,511
+9,155
+1,596
-7,985
+255
-255
Tue 13 Oct 2026
20,930
-2,442
+8,387
+1,083
-6,836
+192
-192
Tue 6 Oct 2026
19,440
-2,092
+7,802
+1,007
-6,569
+148
-148
Tue 29 Sep 2026
20,993
-2,357
+8,748
+1,682
-7,949
+124
-124
Tue 22 Sep 2026
19,187
-2,522
+8,769
+1,413
-7,530
+130
-130
Tue 15 Sep 2026
17,698
-2,387
+8,025
+1,445
-6,855
+228
-228
Tue 8 Sep 2026
17,378
-2,637
+7,920
+1,865
-6,958
+190
-190
Tue 1 Sep 2026
18,774
-2,960
+9,107
+2,180
-8,131
+196
-196
Tue 25 Aug 2026
18,333
-2,906
+9,059
+1,970
-7,912
+211
-211
Tue 18 Aug 2026
18,160
-2,816
+9,031
+1,631
-7,695
+151
-151
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.