COT reports: Net long positions held by other 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), net long positions held by other reporting traders in crude oil futures of the kind "BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were -51,600 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to -44,336 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. There are 733 records overall in the weekly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the period stretching from October 2011 to January 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions had a mean of -27,962 contracts; they recorded a minimum of -73,029 on 12 January 2016; they peaked at 10,406 on 16 March 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | -43267.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | -44336.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | -51600.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by other 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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