COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in crude oil futures: WTI-PHYSICAL - 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 "WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 133,742 contracts on 15 September 2026, versus 122,583 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 1,058 records overall. The period covered by the series stretches from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 173,591 contracts; they hit a maximum of 343,049 on 17 July 2007; they recorded a bottom of 80,128 on 11 February 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 128,614 |
| 2026-09-08 | 122,583 |
| 2026-09-15 | 133,742 |
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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: "WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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