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Crude oil (WTI) positioning

CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET-WTI - ICE FUTURES EUROPE

Latest report date

Positions as of Tuesday.

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Latest net position Net short
−6,548contracts
Speculators' longs − shorts.
Weekly change
+11,297contracts
↑ A shift towards the long side.
Change (%)
+63.3%
Compared with last week's net position.
Open interest
734,302contracts
Weekly change −19,579 contracts (−2.6%)

How positioning has changed

Net position history last 52 weeks

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＋ Net long− Net short0 contracts divides long from short

Net position contracts

Crude oil (WTI) net position over the last 52 weeks. The vertical axis is contracts and the horizontal axis is the report date (Tuesday). Above the dashed 0 line is net long, below it net short. Latest: −6,548 contracts. Every week's figures are in the table below. 2025-09-30: +50,490 contracts 2025-10-07: +40,789 contracts 2025-10-14: +41,418 contracts 2025-10-21: +43,825 contracts 2025-10-28: +41,202 contracts 2025-11-04: +62,350 contracts 2025-11-10: +50,454 contracts 2025-11-18: +42,983 contracts 2025-11-25: +26,678 contracts 2025-12-02: +36,786 contracts 2025-12-09: +74,535 contracts 2025-12-16: +63,791 contracts 2025-12-23: +52,377 contracts 2025-12-30: +62,538 contracts 2026-01-06: +69,373 contracts 2026-01-13: +71,306 contracts 2026-01-20: +65,111 contracts 2026-01-27: +69,444 contracts 2026-02-03: +77,862 contracts 2026-02-10: +90,768 contracts 2026-02-17: +69,330 contracts 2026-02-24: +21,775 contracts 2026-03-03: +19,970 contracts 2026-03-10: −26,096 contracts (Flipped) 2026-03-17: −32,831 contracts 2026-03-24: −36,282 contracts 2026-03-31: −45,002 contracts 2026-04-07: −33,897 contracts 2026-04-14: −29,015 contracts 2026-04-21: −40,975 contracts 2026-04-28: −39,732 contracts 2026-05-05: −34,061 contracts 2026-05-12: −41,499 contracts 2026-05-19: −28,256 contracts 2026-05-26: −27,232 contracts 2026-06-02: −7,851 contracts 2026-06-09: +3,379 contracts (Flipped) 2026-06-16: +21,931 contracts 2026-06-23: +17,424 contracts 2026-06-30: +6,805 contracts 2026-07-07: +9,203 contracts 2026-07-14: +16,854 contracts 2026-07-21: +12,514 contracts 2026-07-28: +3,973 contracts 2026-08-04: +2,484 contracts 2026-08-11: −6,333 contracts (Flipped) 2026-08-18: −17,451 contracts 2026-08-25: −15,142 contracts 2026-09-01: −24,651 contracts 2026-09-08: −24,784 contracts 2026-09-15: −17,845 contracts 2026-09-22: −6,548 contracts

Report date (Tuesday)

2025-09-30 – 2026-09-22. This is positioning over time, not price.
Period high
+90,768 contracts
Period low
−45,002 contracts
Period average
+15,466 contracts

Weekly data

Week-by-week record

Newest first · 52 weeks. Figures are in contracts.

Scroll sideways to see every column. “Flipped” marks a week when the skew switched sides.

Weekly net position, weekly change, change in percent, speculators' longs and shorts, and open interest for Crude oil (WTI). Change is in percent; everything else is in contracts.
Report dateNet positionWeekly changeChange (%)LongShortOpen interest
Latest −6,548 +11,297 +63.3% 72,52079,068734,302
−17,845 +6,939 +28.0% 69,19587,040753,881
−24,784 −133 −0.5% 62,52387,307753,433
−24,651 −9,509 −62.8% 67,93892,589767,357
−15,142 +2,309 +13.2% 70,13785,279778,174
−17,451 −11,118 −175.6% 72,23089,681815,351
−6,333 −8,817 −355.0% Flipped 76,12282,455797,158
+2,484 −1,489 −37.5% 80,86678,382782,189
+3,973 −8,541 −68.3% 87,18583,212781,193
+12,514 −4,340 −25.8% 90,90178,387770,415
+16,854 +7,651 +83.1% 92,17175,317791,680
+9,203 +2,398 +35.2% 80,72671,523801,410
+6,805 −10,619 −60.9% 82,48875,683806,905
+17,424 −4,507 −20.6% 90,25672,832803,067
+21,931 +18,552 +549.0% 101,61579,684822,990
+3,379 +11,230 +143.0% Flipped 99,95296,573818,492
−7,851 +19,381 +71.2% 92,459100,310816,733
−27,232 +1,024 +3.6% 86,147113,379830,992
−28,256 +13,243 +31.9% 87,907116,163836,880
−41,499 −7,438 −21.8% 89,543131,042875,230
−34,061 +5,671 +14.3% 101,007135,068866,504
−39,732 +1,243 +3.0% 94,786134,518855,542
−40,975 −11,960 −41.2% 92,743133,718842,828
−29,015 +4,882 +14.4% 95,124124,139872,032
−33,897 +11,105 +24.7% 89,724123,621858,838
−45,002 −8,720 −24.0% 80,761125,763855,613
−36,282 −3,451 −10.5% 78,823115,105846,034
−32,831 −6,735 −25.8% 83,121115,952849,074
−26,096 −46,066 −230.7% Flipped 94,631120,727846,189
+19,970 −1,805 −8.3% 120,020100,050859,757
+21,775 −47,555 −68.6% 115,56093,785827,970
+69,330 −21,438 −23.6% 147,72678,396870,334
+90,768 +12,906 +16.6% 157,85867,090852,624
+77,862 +8,418 +12.1% 151,10373,241823,911
+69,444 +4,333 +6.7% 145,71076,266807,684
+65,111 −6,195 −8.7% 142,09776,986787,465
+71,306 +1,933 +2.8% 146,53175,225825,340
+69,373 +6,835 +10.9% 141,25171,878794,768
+62,538 +10,161 +19.4% 130,25167,713782,141
+52,377 −11,414 −17.9% 122,36269,985773,263
+63,791 −10,744 −14.4% 136,29872,507802,736
+74,535 +37,749 +102.6% 141,63667,101781,559
+36,786 +10,108 +37.9% 109,64472,858766,596
+26,678 −16,305 −37.9% 107,44780,769772,795
+42,983 −7,471 −14.8% 120,68377,700793,994
+50,454 −11,896 −19.1% 125,34074,886801,648
+62,350 +21,148 +51.3% 138,04675,696793,140
+41,202 −2,623 −6.0% 115,80974,607788,199
+43,825 +2,407 +5.8% 121,53777,712808,887
+41,418 +629 +1.5% 119,31177,893831,782
+40,789 −9,701 −19.2% 121,12380,334839,161
+50,490 — — 119,99169,501827,704

When there is no previous week, or last week's net position was small, the change is shown as “—”.

Data updates

From report date to publication here

  1. Report date

    Positions as of each Tuesday.

  2. Scheduled CFTC release

    Every Friday at 15:30 (US Eastern)

    Tuesday's figures are published on Friday.

  3. Imported by us

    2026/09/26 06:37 (Japan time)

    We display the data we have stored.

About these figures

Net position and open interest
The net position is speculators' (the CFTC's “noncommercial” category) long contracts minus their short contracts, counted in contracts. Open interest is the number of outstanding contracts across the whole market, which is not the same as speculators' longs plus shorts.
Change in percent and “flipped”
The percentage is “weekly change ÷ absolute value of last week's net position × 100”. When last week's figure was small the percentage swings wildly, so it is not shown (“—”). Weeks in which the skew switched sides are marked “Flipped”.

Source: CFTC (U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission) (Commitments of Traders (opens in a new tab)). Imported and displayed by us.

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