COT reports: Net 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), net long positions held by non-reporting traders in crude oil futures of the kind "WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 7,322 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 13,414 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. There are 1,023 records in the weekly time series shown in the figure above. The series covers the time span extending from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics calculated on the full sample: positions recorded a bottom of -39,109 contracts on 6 May 2008; they reached their maximum of 60,290 on 11 May 2021; they averaged 14,958.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 5662.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 13414.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 7322.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net 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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