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Thursday, October 29, 2026

Brent crude positioning

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Managed Money net +2,849 contracts at CFTC (United States), positions as of 20 Oct 2026.

Data as of Position dates per venue, printed on the page

CFTC (United States)Disaggregated, BRENT LAST DAYManaged Money20 Oct 2026
ICE Futures EuropeICE Brent Crude Futures - ICE Futures EuropeManaged Money20 Oct 2026
ICE Futures EuropeB-Brent Crude FutureInvestment funds24 Dec 2020

Position by venue

One row per venue and report. Each row carries its own source's speculative category, named in the row, and its own unit. Rows are never summed and never converted into a common unit.

VenueReportCategoryNetChange, intervalNet % of OIPercentile, full spanUnitPosition date
CFTC (United States)Disaggregated, BRENT LAST DAYManaged Money+2,849+1461.265contracts2026-10-20
ICE Futures EuropeICE Brent Crude Futures - ICE Futures EuropeManaged Money+221,344+14,4148.558contracts2026-10-20
ICE Futures EuropeB-Brent Crude FutureInvestment funds+139,080-16,7107.0-lots2020-12-24

CFTC Disaggregated, BRENT LAST DAY: managed money net as % of open interest

-10%+1%+12%0max +23%min -21%Oct 2011Oct 2026

Net as % of open interest, the measure comparable across the venue's own history. Category breaks and missing reports print as gaps.

ICE Futures Europe, ICE Brent Crude Futures - ICE Futures Europe: managed money net as % of open interest

+5%+12%+18%0max +25%min -1%Jan 2011Oct 2026

Net as % of open interest, the measure comparable across the venue's own history. Category breaks and missing reports print as gaps.

ICE Futures Europe, B-Brent Crude Future: investment funds net as % of open interest

+4%+9%+14%0max +18%min +0%Jan 2018Dec 2020

Net as % of open interest, the measure comparable across the venue's own history. Category breaks and missing reports print as gaps.

History by venue

The full held history for each venue, in the venue's own unit. Series longer than 280 reports print as yearly extremes over the full span plus the most recent 104 reports; shorter series print in full. Every table sorts and filters.

CFTC Disaggregated, BRENT LAST DAY: full held history, Disaggregated categories, contracts

Yearly extremes, full held span

YearHighest netDate of highLowest netDate of lowFinal net of yearObservations
2011+3,1572011-10-18+9412011-11-15+9415
2012+1,6602012-01-31-2,0032012-08-07+1,10048
2013+3,7902013-06-11-5,5292013-12-17-5,49852
2014+12,3762014-09-30-5,3652014-02-11+6,52852
2015+16,4272015-12-22-2,7012015-03-03+15,69852
2016+17,6462016-01-12-8,7232016-12-27-8,72352
2017-9,3932017-01-03-29,9002017-10-24-18,23952
2018+8,5902018-09-25-29,0642018-01-30+1,49853
2019+7,1912019-02-19-21,6962019-05-07-7,50852
2020+7,5982020-09-29-12,1462020-04-28-3,86152
2021-3,5832021-01-05-32,4152021-03-23-12,90052
2022+18,7312022-10-18-17,7102022-01-11+17,56352
2023+27,4882023-12-19-12,3442023-06-27+22,90352
2024+28,4102024-01-23+2442024-04-30+55453
2025+18,6202025-11-04-13,9902025-02-25+15,65352
2026+22,2772026-03-24+2,7032026-10-13+2,84942

Most recent 104 reports of 773

Order: Date, oldest first

2024-10-29152,089-1,392+37,205+5,675-42,984-1,496+1,4963.7
2024-11-05132,231-846+29,012+7,816-37,432-1,450+1,4505.9
2024-11-12144,921-1,055+33,449+6,459-42,123-3,270+3,2704.5
2024-11-19154,790-3,299+40,192+6,157-46,215-3,165+3,1654.0
2024-11-26158,465+4,328+43,441+6,276-56,163-2,118+2,1184.0
2024-12-03135,394-10,205+38,165+5,478-33,398+40-404.0
2024-12-10148,256-9,454+42,044+2,678-34,571+697-6971.8
2024-12-17152,187-10,195+40,397+2,070-32,875-603+6031.4
2024-12-24155,652-5,783+39,687+1,223-34,792+335-3350.8
2024-12-31143,340-7,163+28,432+554-21,398+425-4250.4
2025-01-07141,837-12,010+28,010+3,414-20,886-1,472+1,4722.4
2025-01-14160,793-19,745+36,487-4,795-12,021-74+74-3.0
2025-01-21177,119-22,495+37,897-6,920-8,761-279+279-3.9
2025-01-28175,626-15,582+40,959-8,590-18,550-1,763+1,763-4.9
2025-02-04162,502-17,705+40,774-8,940-16,481-2,352+2,352-5.5
2025-02-11168,985-20,429+43,271-10,745-14,509-2,412+2,412-6.4
2025-02-18172,450-17,044+45,492-11,563-18,875-1,990+1,990-6.7
2025-02-25178,130-17,337+46,664-13,990-14,466+871-871-7.9
2025-03-04148,385-22,341+29,578-4,712-688+1,837-1,837-3.2
2025-03-11156,587-24,019+28,501-5,004+1,995+1,473-1,473-3.2
2025-03-18165,355-25,308+26,864-3,624+2,796+728-728-2.2
2025-03-25173,728-21,995+31,539-3,411-3,117+3,016-3,016-2.0
2025-04-01174,865-29,083+32,806-1,201-1,642+880-880-0.7
2025-04-08186,380-30,423+39,241-3,501-3,337+1,980-1,980-1.9
2025-04-15186,998-22,178+38,771-3,109-12,570+914-914-1.7
2025-04-22191,908-22,945+39,046-1,855-12,947+1,299-1,299-1.0
2025-04-29201,559-25,206+40,974-2,894-12,195+679-679-1.4
2025-05-06176,007-36,316+31,868+1,732+763-1,953+1,9531.0
2025-05-13197,915-42,332+36,984-205+5,842+289-289-0.1
2025-05-20207,837-34,681+42,809+2,904-9,567+1,465-1,4651.4
2025-05-27223,958-38,824+43,847+2,898-7,330+591-5911.3
2025-06-03192,677-35,377+26,759+9,721+559+1,662-1,6625.0
2025-06-10189,441-36,795+24,327+10,550+2,666+748-7485.6
2025-06-17187,254-39,121+28,769+11,137+454+1,239-1,2395.9
2025-06-24198,308-30,101+30,835+12,261-14,147-1,152+1,1526.2
2025-07-01175,394-24,008+26,410+8,261-12,402-1,739+1,7394.7
2025-07-08178,660-22,459+23,291+7,521-8,486-133+1334.2
2025-07-15191,537-23,042+29,324+4,707-12,519-1,530+1,5302.5
2025-07-22193,236-10,914+27,050+4,185-21,041-720+7202.2
2025-07-29200,510-5,866+27,753+4,318-26,452-247+2472.2
2025-08-05186,614-6,451+27,210+2,440-24,588-1,389+1,3891.3
2025-08-12192,141-9,237+31,424-69-23,098-980+980-0.0
2025-08-19205,436-11,413+36,189-276-25,927-1,427+1,427-0.1
2025-08-26207,590-6,101+40,965-1,603-33,317-56+56-0.8
2025-09-02202,581-4,532+32,827+4,709-33,351-347+3472.3
2025-09-09208,059-8,614+33,961+4,204-30,399-848+8482.0
2025-09-16205,173-3,319+26,343+5,415-30,114-1,675+1,6752.6
2025-09-23213,683-4,787+29,207+5,457-31,225-1,348+1,3482.6
2025-09-30222,255-5,626+33,954+6,116-36,365-1,921+1,9212.8
2025-10-07200,085-17,905+23,360+10,610-18,890-2,825+2,8255.3
2025-10-14208,408-14,371+27,388+8,431-23,117-1,669+1,6694.0
2025-10-21220,859-16,710+30,719+11,000-26,957-1,948+1,9485.0
2025-10-28218,368-18,404+34,887+11,353-30,771-2,935+2,9355.2
2025-11-04201,935-15,118+29,863+18,620-33,935-570+5709.2
2025-11-10212,410-10,820+33,880+18,488-41,543+5-58.7
2025-11-18232,134-14,336+42,425+16,738-45,096-269+2697.2
2025-11-25253,031-18,654+44,520+13,947-40,981-1,168+1,1685.5
2025-12-02222,700-11,704+35,420+15,434-39,762-612+6126.9
2025-12-09220,220-3,195+34,359+14,829-47,798-1,805+1,8056.7
2025-12-16217,374-735+29,875+10,924-42,193-2,129+2,1295.0
2025-12-23223,486+607+27,181+14,950-45,281-2,543+2,5436.7
2025-12-30228,425-766+26,463+15,653-43,267-1,917+1,9176.9
2026-01-06216,192-3,668+29,004+16,484-44,336-2,516+2,5167.6
2026-01-13231,673-467+31,225+17,713-51,600-3,129+3,1297.6
2026-01-20240,048+2,458+36,417+14,220-56,370-3,275+3,2755.9
2026-01-27267,489-861+40,887+17,105-58,853-1,722+1,7226.4
2026-02-03239,816-1,122+34,580+13,281-47,391-652+6525.5
2026-02-10261,730-1,468+36,442+14,238-50,320-1,108+1,1085.4
2026-02-17272,933-7,133+42,823+10,836-47,103-577+5774.0
2026-02-24266,992+7,141+41,589+11,048-60,541-763+7634.1
2026-03-03251,667-16,009+41,409+15,099-42,567-2,068+2,0686.0
2026-03-10259,266-42,184+53,663+14,194-27,340-1,667+1,6675.5
2026-03-17283,788-43,133+63,710+13,317-35,874-1,980+1,9804.7
2026-03-24315,629-41,167+56,540+22,277-39,832-2,182+2,1827.1
2026-03-31297,990-32,138+64,914+19,881-55,696-3,039+3,0396.7
2026-04-07264,863-26,761+54,177+15,620-46,744-3,708+3,7085.9
2026-04-14262,459-30,139+50,609+14,323-37,979-3,186+3,1865.5
2026-04-21255,630-33,126+54,076+13,431-36,765-2,384+2,3845.3
2026-04-28269,896-34,747+58,259+13,812-39,369-2,045+2,0455.1
2026-05-05231,571-32,654+38,857+17,049-26,273-3,021+3,0217.4
2026-05-12246,926-29,437+43,016+15,063-33,097-4,455+4,4556.1
2026-05-19243,770-26,542+47,371+12,930-37,896-4,137+4,1375.3
2026-05-26249,447-25,945+52,000+9,568-42,382-6,759+6,7593.8
2026-06-02226,538-31,374+43,941+6,799-25,170-5,804+5,8043.0
2026-06-09251,441-44,512+46,974+7,755-16,638-6,421+6,4213.1
2026-06-16251,903-43,490+50,818+8,130-20,449-4,991+4,9913.2
2026-06-23258,223-41,016+60,945+6,823-31,314-4,562+4,5622.6
2026-06-30264,225-35,812+66,350+6,498-41,030-3,994+3,9942.5
2026-07-07241,351-34,923+57,365+12,356-37,005-2,207+2,2075.1
2026-07-14247,129-39,226+57,731+12,537-33,961-2,919+2,9195.1
2026-07-21247,812-37,120+60,162+14,255-40,985-3,688+3,6885.8
2026-07-28258,755-32,667+42,836+15,740-30,388-4,479+4,4796.1
2026-08-04218,894-33,483+56,846+6,691-32,530-2,476+2,4763.1
2026-08-11233,972-38,709+63,095+7,084-32,938-1,468+1,4683.0
2026-08-18253,532-33,708+65,364+6,836-39,086-594+5942.7
2026-08-25270,144-32,670+62,245+7,126-38,125-1,424+1,4242.6
2026-09-01253,258-29,024+65,866+5,307-44,704-2,555+2,5552.1
2026-09-08262,500-28,964+67,153+5,913-47,749-3,647+3,6472.3
2026-09-15260,719-32,531+70,446+7,896-48,525-2,714+2,7143.0
2026-09-22251,518-31,693+73,876+5,008-49,193-2,002+2,0022.0
2026-09-29243,324-31,484+64,103+4,186-39,849-3,044+3,0441.7
2026-10-06230,626-41,789+69,813+3,357-35,366-3,985+3,9851.5
2026-10-13228,851-36,106+70,794+2,703-41,775-4,384+4,3841.2
2026-10-20230,693-41,220+70,936+2,849-37,692-5,127+5,1271.2

ICE Futures Europe, ICE Brent Crude Futures - ICE Futures Europe: full held history, contracts

Yearly extremes, full held span

YearHighest netDate of highLowest netDate of lowFinal net of yearObservations
2011+128,3992011-01-11+24,7762011-10-04+78,77252
2012+138,3652012-03-27+37,8162012-06-26+137,57253
2013+224,3422013-08-27+88,4482013-12-17+130,71652
2014+240,4412014-06-24+37,3842014-09-30+119,02052
2015+291,7332015-05-05+124,4992015-02-03+167,41552
2016+451,4632016-12-13+187,7432016-01-05+445,88852
2017+556,6192017-12-26+206,2062017-06-27+556,61952
2018+614,6152018-04-10+145,7202018-12-04+157,09153
2019+425,6352019-04-23+165,1542019-01-08+417,28952
2020+437,1122020-01-07+56,8582020-03-24+277,41252
2021+345,6752021-02-23+133,0242021-12-14+175,58352
2022+242,4582022-01-18+80,9622022-12-13+134,75652
2023+291,9662023-03-07+88,6752023-12-12+199,68852
2024+326,5642024-04-16-33,7892024-09-10+194,46653
2025+312,7282025-04-01+40,9882025-12-16+126,90652
2026+382,0722026-03-31+96,4372026-07-07+221,34442

Most recent 104 reports of 825

Order: Date, oldest first

2024-10-292,404,887-376,462+376,521+97,087-107,942-+10,7964.0
2024-11-052,324,813-401,540+376,283+114,108-103,138-+14,2874.9
2024-11-122,359,009-385,365+365,661+99,760-86,401-+6,3454.2
2024-11-192,466,695-429,040+368,950+133,064-78,546-+5,5725.4
2024-11-262,413,315-421,853+356,574+134,532-80,099-+10,8465.6
2024-12-032,357,515-420,946+348,169+164,223-102,920-+11,4747.0
2024-12-102,363,087-419,581+344,997+169,728-108,762-+13,6187.2
2024-12-172,420,697-411,737+341,768+187,559-123,878-+6,2887.7
2024-12-242,404,531-365,498+341,082+159,846-140,842-+5,4126.6
2024-12-312,348,907-389,309+338,011+194,466-153,046-+9,8788.3
2025-01-072,429,315-422,686+330,836+237,797-167,739-+21,7929.8
2025-01-142,483,116-465,519+335,674+272,165-175,223-+32,90311.0
2025-01-212,556,086-460,777+318,070+279,618-169,240-+32,32910.9
2025-01-282,562,730-491,302+313,269+301,821-148,690-+24,90211.8
2025-02-042,462,617-486,181+330,265+285,222-158,100-+28,79411.6
2025-02-112,506,711-498,763+351,886+285,648-157,568-+18,79711.4
2025-02-182,564,358-474,037+347,990+261,686-149,612-+13,97310.2
2025-02-252,556,506-454,004+362,636+217,090-141,416-+15,6948.5
2025-03-042,491,378-423,851+383,182+155,245-123,014-+8,4386.2
2025-03-112,535,768-421,990+391,910+146,398-127,514-+11,1965.8
2025-03-182,623,542-406,756+376,159+194,704-168,311-+4,2047.4
2025-03-252,674,422-442,601+364,826+250,215-184,142-+11,7029.4
2025-04-012,700,601-459,543+358,283+312,728-222,895-+11,42711.6
2025-04-082,847,024-369,468+429,260+151,216-220,748-+9,7405.3
2025-04-152,824,868-322,094+429,732+88,058-203,996-+8,3003.1
2025-04-222,882,459-315,449+425,306+112,802-215,091--7,5683.9
2025-04-292,909,125-311,660+439,451+106,722-234,573-+603.7
2025-05-062,931,658-324,776+459,629+96,156-232,736-+1,7273.3
2025-05-132,908,785-340,505+459,270+145,373-251,714--12,4245.0
2025-05-202,898,649-361,466+448,008+152,782-240,160-+8365.3
2025-05-272,891,671-354,618+457,763+147,831-254,349-+3,3735.1
2025-06-032,792,547-343,588+465,183+155,519-269,860--7,2545.6
2025-06-102,908,951-360,315+457,864+182,440-277,076--2,9136.3
2025-06-172,812,598-407,706+466,452+216,664-287,759-+12,3497.7
2025-06-242,764,143-389,585+422,006+190,507-245,224-+22,2966.9
2025-07-012,675,117-383,564+409,490+166,510-217,043-+24,6076.2
2025-07-082,747,254-422,118+418,140+217,832-224,919-+11,0657.9
2025-07-152,842,602-441,169+405,121+238,821-213,170-+10,3978.4
2025-07-222,851,007-459,324+419,097+227,245-197,202-+10,1848.0
2025-07-292,760,012-484,236+423,645+249,973-198,936-+9,5549.1
2025-08-052,673,961-453,224+404,571+230,414-197,307-+15,5468.6
2025-08-122,747,637-461,662+403,212+199,820-159,789-+18,4197.3
2025-08-192,865,375-420,807+389,873+176,893-164,652-+18,6936.2
2025-08-262,902,041-397,709+387,542+202,146-203,496-+11,5177.0
2025-09-022,829,554-406,958+375,533+240,729-235,215-+25,9118.5
2025-09-092,846,177-368,321+366,516+205,775-227,965-+23,9957.2
2025-09-162,974,022-371,576+379,666+220,410-240,189-+11,6897.4
2025-09-232,988,154-368,480+393,681+212,383-247,462-+9,8787.1
2025-09-302,983,614-324,488+366,651+202,480-257,462-+12,8196.8
2025-10-072,904,668-291,235+388,359+141,656-248,109-+9,3294.9
2025-10-142,973,923-248,183+386,837+110,311-244,302--4,6633.7
2025-10-213,102,921-216,981+406,670+51,791-228,847--12,6331.7
2025-10-283,025,757-301,371+404,737+173,887-270,571--6,6825.7
2025-11-042,959,913-274,770+400,436+152,761-280,996-+2,5695.2
2025-11-113,000,946-294,476+405,183+164,578-283,320-+8,0355.5
2025-11-183,045,021-284,826+381,284+177,827-281,023-+6,7385.8
2025-11-253,048,368-267,599+380,936+125,587-265,908-+26,9844.1
2025-12-022,947,941-291,025+387,749+146,447-271,323-+28,1525.0
2025-12-093,009,495-262,667+362,813+113,859-242,323-+28,3183.8
2025-12-163,147,759-205,116+360,468+40,988-202,524-+6,1841.3
2025-12-233,184,272-256,665+367,246+99,095-213,374-+3,6983.1
2025-12-303,198,791-264,237+344,869+126,906-207,705-+1674.0
2026-01-063,221,926-271,313+345,290+120,686-207,196-+12,5333.7
2026-01-133,261,805-361,868+378,993+193,366-225,995-+15,5045.9
2026-01-203,314,411-301,488+384,920+205,771-283,098--6,1056.2
2026-01-273,383,349-341,191+406,751+217,962-310,402-+26,8806.4
2026-02-033,152,147-350,404+381,748+244,306-295,562-+19,9127.8
2026-02-103,229,028-347,189+382,356+250,542-301,576-+15,8677.8
2026-02-173,298,036-314,711+368,081+250,016-314,254-+10,8687.6
2026-02-243,303,675-369,858+373,377+300,712-319,548-+15,3179.1
2026-03-033,050,974-352,919+337,466+246,514-304,558-+73,4978.1
2026-03-102,951,702-411,707+342,565+286,968-245,245-+27,4199.7
2026-03-173,068,646-469,098+301,546+328,704-185,825-+24,67310.7
2026-03-243,184,135-479,616+289,311+315,830-160,355-+34,8309.9
2026-03-313,056,623-503,162+250,156+382,072-169,803-+40,73712.5
2026-04-072,952,647-509,725+245,552+374,726-148,263-+37,71012.7
2026-04-142,956,863-490,345+237,237+350,520-130,862-+33,45011.9
2026-04-212,896,816-503,485+252,302+344,387-114,815-+21,61111.9
2026-04-282,875,333-577,963+256,163+354,542-60,544-+27,80212.3
2026-05-052,772,945-575,583+264,428+342,042-62,168-+31,28112.3
2026-05-122,810,011-610,249+303,578+315,849-37,299-+28,12111.2
2026-05-192,855,733-600,372+300,052+313,264-43,082-+30,13811.0
2026-05-262,844,602-548,686+290,323+272,627-53,275-+39,0119.6
2026-06-022,672,462-509,829+287,238+246,909-63,737-+39,4199.2
2026-06-092,656,533-460,314+271,425+218,090-75,529-+46,3288.2
2026-06-162,725,446-422,836+263,415+174,807-52,314-+36,9286.4
2026-06-232,689,409-399,393+271,695+138,638-45,775-+34,8355.2
2026-06-302,666,332-361,562+310,401+101,151-80,269-+30,2793.8
2026-07-072,605,224-365,114+347,858+96,437-107,928-+28,7473.7
2026-07-142,613,572-394,408+350,556+167,751-150,238-+26,3396.4
2026-07-212,672,950-365,450+339,038+188,075-187,704-+26,0417.0
2026-07-282,660,884-327,441+344,030+204,525-247,841-+26,7277.7
2026-08-042,546,246-297,249+336,404+194,084-267,136-+33,8977.6
2026-08-112,625,514-311,764+326,452+245,941-282,860-+22,2319.4
2026-08-182,705,660-327,657+324,186+247,091-273,648-+30,0289.1
2026-08-252,705,043-308,433+332,953+225,261-271,645-+21,8648.3
2026-09-012,692,553-331,078+326,242+249,964-264,533-+19,4059.3
2026-09-082,663,058-340,072+321,702+259,481-263,448-+22,3379.7
2026-09-152,742,493-347,709+310,898+275,879-264,963-+25,89510.1
2026-09-222,704,463-323,452+314,566+228,721-223,926-+4,0918.5
2026-09-292,578,636-340,277+301,376+195,463-168,837-+12,2757.6
2026-10-062,473,319-339,052+292,495+186,288-148,491-+8,7607.5
2026-10-132,646,864-367,838+285,762+206,930-136,804-+11,9507.8
2026-10-202,608,506-389,668+285,875+221,344-126,035-+8,4848.5

ICE Futures Europe, B-Brent Crude Future: full held history, lots

All 154 held reports

Order: Report date, oldest first

2018-01-19642,513148,281+494,2328.0
2018-01-26574,787189,246+385,54114.0
2018-02-02481,941169,137+312,80414.0
2018-02-09468,735162,984+305,75114.0
2018-02-16457,242152,892+304,35013.0
2018-02-23526,192168,497+357,69514.0
2018-03-02502,163158,522+343,64114.0
2018-03-09486,478131,692+354,78615.0
2018-03-16525,469127,362+398,10716.0
2018-03-23581,886159,826+422,06016.0
2018-03-29564,765121,495+443,27018.0
2018-04-06556,163143,010+413,15316.0
2018-04-13582,181141,979+440,20217.0
2018-04-20587,353151,039+436,31417.0
2018-04-27582,471147,163+435,30816.0
2018-05-04472,392152,822+319,57013.0
2018-05-11584,542182,072+402,47014.0
2018-05-18576,025213,404+362,62112.0
2018-05-25553,770224,369+329,40112.0
2018-06-01538,706193,629+345,07713.0
2018-06-08538,503200,455+338,04812.0
2018-06-15505,604199,123+306,48111.0
2018-06-22507,677175,711+331,96613.0
2018-06-29514,777160,457+354,32014.0
2018-07-06502,082166,643+335,43913.0
2018-07-13454,965171,736+283,22911.0
2018-07-20447,281183,403+263,87811.0
2018-07-27453,474172,608+280,86611.0
2018-08-03433,856169,551+264,30511.0
2018-08-10432,274178,073+254,20111.0
2018-08-17404,250166,676+237,5749.0
2018-08-24457,093161,302+295,79112.0
2018-08-31485,107157,322+327,78513.0
2018-09-07482,336156,594+325,74214.0
2018-09-14493,447149,046+344,40115.0
2018-09-21509,345154,838+354,50715.0
2018-09-28508,674142,851+365,82315.0
2018-10-05493,698135,962+357,73614.0
2018-10-12450,131143,479+306,65213.0
2018-10-19447,383146,868+300,51512.0
2018-10-26398,180160,654+237,52610.0
2018-11-02345,996150,659+195,3379.0
2018-11-09334,702159,796+174,9068.0
2018-11-16315,055175,750+139,3056.0
2018-11-23308,164193,025+115,1395.0
2018-11-30292,828188,385+104,4435.0
2018-12-07295,293199,582+95,7114.0
2018-12-14290,751197,815+92,9364.0
2018-12-21276,575189,106+87,4694.0
2018-12-28276,248188,102+88,1464.0
2019-01-04285,429187,301+98,1284.0
2019-01-11293,081180,325+112,7565.0
2019-01-18317,326175,835+141,4915.0
2019-01-25323,423165,387+158,0367.0
2019-02-01348,016169,439+178,5777.0
2019-02-08339,081156,315+182,7668.0
2019-02-15352,515156,063+196,4528.0
2019-02-22337,872129,571+208,3019.0
2019-03-01338,576134,708+203,8689.0
2019-03-08362,784158,897+203,8879.0
2019-03-15373,095155,024+218,0719.0
2019-03-22380,645148,903+231,7429.0
2019-03-29400,665155,868+244,79710.0
2019-04-05413,966151,864+262,10211.0
2019-04-12414,059147,016+267,04311.0
2019-04-18432,396149,187+283,20911.0
2019-04-26426,965133,066+293,89912.0
2019-05-03414,958119,455+295,50313.0
2019-05-10406,150121,439+284,71112.0
2019-05-17427,379141,579+285,80012.0
2019-05-24430,200182,949+247,25110.0
2019-05-31384,818157,714+227,1049.0
2019-06-07368,318172,334+195,9848.0
2019-06-14361,098180,860+180,2387.0
2019-06-21363,336193,908+169,4287.0
2019-06-28380,422209,294+171,1286.0
2019-07-05357,858200,606+157,2526.0
2019-07-12376,754205,096+171,6587.0
2019-07-19343,049189,250+153,7997.0
2019-07-26360,736198,209+162,5276.0
2019-08-02364,536200,057+164,4797.0
2019-08-09346,030228,449+117,5815.0
2019-08-16349,209226,165+123,0445.0
2019-08-23355,314218,812+136,5025.0
2019-08-30379,701226,547+153,1546.0
2019-09-06416,872234,734+182,1387.0
2019-09-13422,264242,482+179,7827.0
2019-09-20388,898210,355+178,5437.0
2019-09-27370,890207,794+163,0967.0
2019-10-04361,081224,326+136,7555.0
2019-10-11369,806238,826+130,9806.0
2019-10-18370,596235,795+134,8015.0
2019-10-25400,913223,070+177,8437.0
2019-11-01414,230223,533+190,6977.0
2019-11-08458,363236,997+221,3668.0
2019-11-15477,197236,875+240,3229.0
2019-11-22479,155229,696+249,4599.0
2019-11-29446,221207,241+238,9809.0
2019-12-06456,202179,418+276,78411.0
2019-12-13478,049192,982+285,06710.0
2019-12-20492,085194,603+297,48211.0
2019-12-27489,929187,320+302,60911.0
2020-01-03491,045178,137+312,90812.0
2020-01-10462,319158,225+304,09411.0
2020-01-17456,660160,212+296,44811.0
2020-01-24450,992159,600+291,39211.0
2020-01-31385,864148,887+236,97710.0
2020-02-07320,170148,293+171,8777.0
2020-02-14326,634173,759+152,8756.0
2020-02-21363,363184,047+179,3167.0
2020-02-28325,045189,244+135,8015.0
2020-03-06276,833207,034+69,7992.0
2020-03-13228,483216,145+12,3380.0
2020-03-20236,454231,213+5,2410.0
2020-03-27224,622225,733-1,1110.0
2020-04-03230,475194,670+35,8051.0
2020-04-09250,309198,420+51,8892.0
2020-04-17266,549208,454+58,0952.0
2020-04-24243,151169,686+73,4653.0
2020-05-01238,307151,511+86,7964.0
2020-05-08147,802115,000+32,8022.0
2020-05-15226,647157,956+68,6913.0
2020-05-22229,702150,645+79,0573.0
2020-05-29223,827147,771+76,0563.0
2020-06-05231,273149,740+81,5333.0
2020-06-12246,980162,885+84,0953.0
2020-06-19243,719155,325+88,3944.0
2020-06-26261,871155,776+106,0954.0
2020-07-03249,002149,130+99,8724.0
2020-07-10258,645158,636+100,0093.0
2020-07-17262,366158,387+103,9794.0
2020-07-24276,960186,276+90,6843.0
2020-07-31265,662182,973+82,6893.0
2020-08-07269,053167,833+101,2204.0
2020-08-14267,956162,563+105,3934.0
2020-08-21242,754149,916+92,8384.0
2020-08-28254,008142,654+111,3545.0
2020-09-04240,228162,809+77,4193.0
2020-09-11228,960194,211+34,7492.0
2020-09-18214,285178,293+35,9921.0
2020-09-25224,355185,020+39,3352.0
2020-10-02219,678203,286+16,3921.0
2020-10-09225,764183,104+42,6602.0
2020-10-16242,924176,724+66,2002.0
2020-10-23262,566197,750+64,8162.0
2020-10-30223,285220,445+2,8400.0
2020-11-06230,179211,530+18,6491.0
2020-11-13276,437203,043+73,3943.0
2020-11-20285,647188,929+96,7184.0
2020-11-27300,808172,700+128,1085.0
2020-12-04304,334169,195+135,1396.0
2020-12-11320,380160,465+159,9156.0
2020-12-18311,044155,254+155,7906.0
2020-12-24291,631152,551+139,0807.0

Extremes, by venue

Venue and marketSpeculative netPercentile, full spanPercentile 1YBandPercentile 3YZ-score 52WHighest net, full spanDate of highLowest net, full spanDate of lowHeld spanChange, 4 intervalsChange, 13 intervals
CFTC, BRENT LAST DAY+2,84965421-1.89 (52 obs)+28,4102024-01-23-32,4152021-03-232011-10-18 to 2026-10-20 (773 obs)-2,159-11,406
ICE, ICE Brent Crude Futures - ICE Futures Europe+221,344585265-0.02 (52 obs)+614,6152018-04-10-33,7892024-09-102011-01-04 to 2026-10-20 (825 obs)-7,377+33,269
ICE Futures Europe, B-Brent Crude Future+139,0803681360.50 (52 obs)+494,2322018-01-19-1,1112020-03-272018-01-19 to 2020-12-24 (154 obs)+10,972+99,745

Percentiles and extremes are computed over the full held span printed in the Held span column, per the 2026-10-28 redesign. The 1Y and 3Y windows and the 52-week z-score print alongside for continuity. Windows are weekly reports for the CFTC, ICE, ESMA and LME rows; the LME windows count held reports only, because that series is sampled.

Bank block, NYME BRENT LAST DAY

Report month2026-10
US bank net, contracts+19,088
US bank net, month change+5,314
Non-US bank net, contracts+1,078
Non-US bank net, month change-68
All-bank net, contracts+20,166
Agreement stateAgree long
Agreement states, last 12 monthsAgree long: 12
US banks reportingsuppressed
Non-US banks reportingsuppressed

Full held history, NYME BRENT LAST DAY, monthly

Order: Month, oldest first

2022-10+1,393+971+2,364Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2023-02+394-38+356US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2025-02+5,359+191+5,550Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2025-03+4,761-10+4,751US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2025-04+5,794-92+5,702US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2025-06+5,511-202+5,309US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2025-07+4,148-463+3,685US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2025-09+4,371+56+4,427Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2025-12+7,610+818+8,428Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2026-01+7,816+1,812+9,628Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2026-02+7,315+2,667+9,982Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2026-03+8,717+2,344+11,061Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2026-04+8,323+3,203+11,526Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2026-05+6,220+1,440+7,660Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2026-06+4,461+1,497+5,958Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2026-07+7,043+1,260+8,303Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2026-08+11,230+1,226+12,456Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2026-09+13,774+1,146+14,920Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2026-10+19,088+1,078+20,166Agree longsuppressedsuppressed

Bank block, NYME BRENT CRUDE OIL LAST DAY

Report month2021-11
US bank net, contracts-343
US bank net, month change-3,223
Non-US bank net, contracts+971
Non-US bank net, month change+1,345
All-bank net, contracts+628
Agreement stateUS short, non-US long
Agreement states, last 12 monthsAgree long: 6, US long, non-US short: 5, US short, non-US long: 1
US banks reportingsuppressed
Non-US banks reportingsuppressed

Full held history, NYME BRENT CRUDE OIL LAST DAY, monthly

Order: Month, oldest first

2013-11+736-184+552US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2017-11+3,975-368+3,607US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2017-12+3,406-445+2,961US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2018-02+313-47+266US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2018-03+1,658+403+2,061Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2018-04+4,561+883+5,444Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2018-05+3,128+657+3,785Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2018-06+2,973-135+2,838US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2018-07+2,745+1,025+3,770Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2018-08+2,431+972+3,403Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2018-09+3,405+281+3,686Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2018-10+3,847+683+4,530Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2018-11+3,148+433+3,581Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2018-12+3,255+1,210+4,465Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2019-02+4,356+1,481+5,837Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2019-03+4,480+305+4,785Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2019-04+5,678+817+6,495Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2019-05+7,000+451+7,451Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2019-06+9,349+188+9,537Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2019-07+8,246+266+8,512Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2019-08+506-63+443US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2019-09-1,529-24-1,553Agree shortsuppressedsuppressed
2019-10+1,655+208+1,863Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2019-11+1,021-622+399US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2019-12+2,561-39+2,522US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2020-01+2,800-550+2,250US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2020-02+2,143-826+1,317US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2020-05-908-590-1,498Agree shortsuppressedsuppressed
2020-06-1,229+62-1,167US short, non-US longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-07+2,696-290+2,406US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2020-08+3,110+362+3,472Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-09+2,325-144+2,181US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2020-10+2,621-225+2,396US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2020-11+1,194+61+1,255Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-12+1,036-56+980US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2021-02+944-279+665US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2021-03+1,902+291+2,193Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2021-05+935+81+1,016Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2021-06+421+567+988Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2021-08+1,389+556+1,945Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2021-09+1,812+347+2,159Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2021-10+2,880-374+2,506US long, non-US shortsuppressedsuppressed
2021-11-343+971+628US short, non-US longsuppressedsuppressed

Bank positions are facilitation and hedge books reported on Form 40, not proprietary views. A bank count under four is suppressed by the CFTC and prints as suppressed, never zero.

Price, as held by the site

Latest price110.46 $/bbl
Observations held23
Price windowThe site's market tables hold about one month of daily observations; no longer price history is held for this commodity.
Position and publication datesPosition dates print per venue above; this price is the latest market-table value and is not aligned to any position date.

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The ESMA ICE Futures Europe Brent line ends in December 2020 at Brexit; the live European leg is the ICE CoT report.

Sector: Energy, Crude oil. Units print per row and are never converted. Category definitions are each source's own. Pages render the current corrected vintage of each source; first-release vintages are not kept. An extreme reading is a condition of crowding, not a buy or sell signal.