COT reports: Long 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), long positions held by swap dealers in crude oil futures of the kind "BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 31,249 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 30,691 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. This weekly time series has 733 records overall. The series covers the time period stretching from October 2011 to January 2026.
History. Check out some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 38,859 contracts; they recorded their highest level of 118,501 on 24 March 2020; they reached a minimum of 0 on 1 November 2011.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 28183.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 30691.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 31249.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long 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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