PROPANE ARGUS FAR EAST MINI COT Report, Disaggregated
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Managed Money net +60 contracts in PROPANE ARGUS FAR EAST MINI, 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
PROPANE ARGUS FAR EAST MINI - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV
CFTC contract code
066393
Contract unit
100 Metric Tonnes
Open interest, contracts
10,200
Change in open interest, contracts
+846
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
5,949
3,030
-
+2,919
58.3
29.7
28.6
Swap Dealers
441
2,645
230
-2,204
4.3
25.9
-21.6
Managed Money
60
0
0
+60
0.6
0.0
0.6
Other Reportables
2,063
2,855
624
-792
20.2
28.0
-7.8
Total reportable
9,367
9,384
-
-17
91.8
92.0
-0.2
Nonreportable
833
816
-
+17
8.2
8.0
0.2
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
+60
Week change
+0
4-week change
+60
13-week change
+60
Net as % of open interest
0.6%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
100
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
100
Z-score, 52 weeks
3.62
COT Index, 3 years
100
52-week high of net
+60
52-week low of net
+0
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
37
30
Swap Dealers
-
6
Managed Money
-
0
Other Reportables
10
11
Total reportable
61
52
Largest 4 traders, gross long
16.1%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
49.6%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
28.6%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
60.7%
Largest 4 traders, net long
14.6%
Largest 4 traders, net short
48.1%
Largest 8 traders, net long
26.5%
Largest 8 traders, net short
55.4%
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
5,949
3,030
-
+2,919
58.3
29.7
28.6
Swap Dealers
441
2,645
230
-2,204
4.3
25.9
-21.6
Managed Money
60
0
0
+60
0.6
0.0
0.6
Other Reportables
2,063
2,855
624
-792
20.2
28.0
-7.8
Total reportable
9,367
9,384
-
-17
91.8
92.0
-0.2
Nonreportable
833
816
-
+17
8.2
8.0
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
10,200
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
10,200
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
10,200
+2,919
-2,204
+60
-792
-17
+17
Tue 13 Oct 2026
9,354
+2,632
-1,953
+60
-822
-83
+83
Tue 6 Oct 2026
8,576
+2,134
-1,678
+60
-649
-133
+133
Tue 29 Sep 2026
10,742
+3,054
-1,936
+50
-1,474
-306
+306
Tue 22 Sep 2026
10,416
+2,927
-1,866
+0
-1,397
-336
+336
Tue 15 Sep 2026
9,753
+2,840
-1,829
+0
-1,302
-291
+291
Tue 8 Sep 2026
9,175
+2,608
-2,114
+0
-986
-492
+492
Tue 1 Sep 2026
10,095
+2,372
-2,062
+0
-988
-678
+678
Tue 25 Aug 2026
9,286
+2,011
-1,972
+0
-878
-839
+839
Tue 18 Aug 2026
8,008
+1,473
-1,495
+0
-602
-624
+624
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.