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" were 10,423 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 10,580 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. This weekly series has a total of 768 records. The series covers the span of time extending from October 2011 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at a few statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean value of 8,150 contracts; they reached a minimum of 1,863 on 20 November 2012; they peaked at 19,071 on 15 May 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 8,734.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 10,580.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 10,423.0 |
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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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