Positions as of Fri 16 Oct 2026 (Friday close) - published the following week in the ESMA register
| Contract | EEX THE Natural Gas Future |
| Venue | Powernext – Gas and Spot Futures |
| Basis | Futures only |
| Unit | MWHO |
| Reports in dataset | 7 |
| Coverage | 2026-09-04 to 2026-10-16 |
| Category | Long | Short | Net | Long % of OI | Short % of OI | Persons, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment firms or credit institutions | 81,582,578 | 31,021,162 | +50,561,416 | 21.0 | 8.0 | 22 |
| Investment funds | 45,230,251 | 48,058,138 | -2,827,887 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 8 |
| Other financial institutions | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
| Commercial undertakings | 252,158,157 | 286,394,255 | -34,236,098 | 66.0 | 75.0 | 102 |
| Operators with compliance obligations | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
Investment funds net, recent change
| Net | -2,827,887 |
| Week change | +874,948 |
| 4-week change | +2,124,584 |
| 13-week change | - |
Percentile gauges are not printed for Article 58 contracts: reports exist only in weeks when the venue clears the holder and size thresholds, so the history has gaps that are threshold events, not zeros.
Source: ESMA Article 58 position register, Powernext – Gas and Spot Futures. Positions as of Fri 16 Oct 2026.