COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders 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), long positions held by non-reporting traders in crude oil futures of the kind "BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 8,124 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 7,507 on 6 January.
Sample. There are 733 records overall in the weekly time series presented in the graph above. The series covers the time span stretching from October 2011 to January 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions registered a minimum of 1,863 contracts on 20 November 2012; they peaked at 19,071 on 15 May 2018; they had a mean value of 8,065.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 5838.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 7507.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 8124.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by non-reporting traders 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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