COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders 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), long positions held by non-reporting traders in crude oil futures of the kind "WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 65,125 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 68,171 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. There are 1,023 observations in the weekly series shown in the figure above. The time span covered by the series extends from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean value of 85,504 contracts; they hit a minimum of 42,323 on 4 November 2008; they hit a peak of 141,021 on 17 November 2009.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 61142.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 68171.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 65125.0 |
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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: WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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