WTI HOUSTON ARGUS/WTI TR MO COT Report, Disaggregated
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Managed Money net -31,239 contracts in WTI HOUSTON ARGUS/WTI TR MO, 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
WTI HOUSTON ARGUS/WTI TR MO - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC contract code
0676A5
Contract unit
Contracts Of 1,000 Barrels
Open interest, contracts
559,112
Change in open interest, contracts
+31,589
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
528,274
404,645
-
+123,629
94.5
72.4
22.1
Swap Dealers
0
51,930
5,498
-51,930
0.0
9.3
-9.3
Managed Money
885
32,124
8,400
-31,239
0.2
5.7
-5.6
Other Reportables
2,282
32,917
8,929
-30,635
0.4
5.9
-5.5
Total reportable
554,268
544,443
-
+9,825
99.1
97.4
1.8
Nonreportable
4,844
14,669
-
-9,825
0.9
2.6
-1.8
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
-31,239
Week change
-1,265
4-week change
-5,119
13-week change
-1,374
Net as % of open interest
-5.6%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
2
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
1
Z-score, 52 weeks
-1.22
COT Index, 3 years
0
52-week high of net
+18,725
52-week low of net
-31,239
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
25
28
Swap Dealers
0
7
Total reportable
33
41
Largest 4 traders, gross long
65.8%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
50.0%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
86.2%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
71.5%
Largest 4 traders, net long
65.0%
Largest 4 traders, net short
48.3%
Largest 8 traders, net long
79.0%
Largest 8 traders, net short
67.1%
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
528,274
404,645
-
+123,629
94.5
72.4
22.1
Swap Dealers
0
51,930
5,498
-51,930
0.0
9.3
-9.3
Managed Money
885
32,124
8,400
-31,239
0.2
5.7
-5.6
Other Reportables
2,282
32,917
8,929
-30,635
0.4
5.9
-5.5
Total reportable
554,268
544,443
-
+9,825
99.1
97.4
1.8
Nonreportable
4,844
14,669
-
-9,825
0.9
2.6
-1.8
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
559,112
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
559,112
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
559,112
+123,629
-51,930
-31,239
-30,635
+9,825
-9,825
Tue 13 Oct 2026
527,523
+122,024
-51,560
-29,974
-31,370
+9,120
-9,120
Tue 6 Oct 2026
495,766
+119,319
-48,550
-29,774
-32,231
+8,764
-8,764
Tue 29 Sep 2026
520,237
+127,766
-50,957
-26,008
-39,024
+11,777
-11,777
Tue 22 Sep 2026
504,840
+125,475
-48,573
-26,120
-40,812
+9,970
-9,970
Tue 15 Sep 2026
459,825
+127,391
-54,283
-25,375
-39,734
+7,999
-7,999
Tue 8 Sep 2026
442,660
+128,947
-52,744
-26,975
-41,440
+7,788
-7,788
Tue 1 Sep 2026
437,140
+130,341
-52,964
-26,365
-44,938
+6,074
-6,074
Tue 25 Aug 2026
461,211
+133,427
-53,542
-25,645
-47,652
+6,588
-6,588
Tue 18 Aug 2026
445,077
+128,607
-52,772
-25,595
-45,022
+5,218
-5,218
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.