COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in crude oil futures: BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Crude oil futures COT reports (CFTC)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in crude oil futures of the kind "BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 8,289 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 8,185 on 6 January.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are a total of 733 data points. The series covers the span of time going from October 2011 to January 2026.
History. Check out some summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions hit a minimum of 503 contracts on 6 December 2022; they recorded their maximum of 21,076 on 25 June 2019; they were equal on average to 7,069.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 11500.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 8185.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 8289.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in crude oil futures |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of contracts |
| Source | Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain information |
| Other information | Specific future: BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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