Managed Money net +1,298 contracts in OATS, 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
OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC contract code
004603
Contract unit
Contracts Of 5,000 Bushels
Open interest, contracts
4,097
Change in open interest, contracts
+231
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
406
2,240
-
-1,834
9.9
54.7
-44.8
Swap Dealers
0
0
0
+0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Managed Money
1,362
64
0
+1,298
33.2
1.6
31.7
Other Reportables
287
553
305
-266
7.0
13.5
-6.5
Total reportable
2,360
3,162
-
-802
57.6
77.2
-19.6
Nonreportable
1,737
935
-
+802
42.4
22.8
19.6
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
+1,298
Week change
+198
4-week change
+597
13-week change
+2,506
Net as % of open interest
31.7%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
100
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
100
Z-score, 52 weeks
2.18
COT Index, 3 years
100
52-week high of net
+1,298
52-week low of net
-1,937
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
5
7
Swap Dealers
0
0
Managed Money
6
-
Total reportable
14
11
Largest 4 traders, gross long
31.8%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
51.2%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
46.0%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
71.5%
Largest 4 traders, net long
31.8%
Largest 4 traders, net short
48.4%
Largest 8 traders, net long
43.4%
Largest 8 traders, net short
62.2%
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
406
2,240
-
-1,834
9.8
54.2
-44.4
Swap Dealers
0
0
0
+0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Managed Money
1,362
64
0
+1,298
33.0
1.5
31.4
Other Reportables
287
553
305
-266
6.9
13.4
-6.4
Total reportable
2,360
3,162
-
-802
57.1
76.5
-19.4
Nonreportable
1,771
969
-
+802
42.9
23.5
19.4
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
4,097
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
4,074
Other months, contracts
23
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
4,097
-1,834
+0
+1,298
-266
-802
+802
Tue 6 Oct 2026
3,866
-1,521
+0
+1,100
-341
-762
+762
Tue 1 Sep 2026
3,132
-1,154
+0
+118
-23
-1,059
+1,059
Tue 2 Jun 2026
4,630
-1,790
+111
+595
+315
-769
+769
Tue 26 May 2026
4,735
-2,147
+126
+701
+385
-935
+935
Tue 19 May 2026
4,473
-2,216
+124
+664
+370
-1,058
+1,058
Tue 3 Feb 2026
4,120
-54
+0
-1,249
+1,087
-216
+216
Tue 27 Jan 2026
4,172
+0
-119
-1,354
+1,054
-419
+419
Tue 20 Jan 2026
4,063
+93
-117
-1,317
+1,066
-275
+275
Tue 13 Jan 2026
4,124
-230
-126
-1,141
+1,195
-302
+302
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.