COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants 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 producers and merchants in crude oil futures of the kind "WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 307,409 contracts on 15 September 2026, versus 308,916 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 1,058 observations overall in the weekly series presented in the graph above. The series covers the time period extending from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here are a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions averaged -50,757 contracts; they peaked at 399,298 on 14 July 2026; they recorded a bottom of -341,911 on 21 February 2017.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 309,402 |
| 2026-09-08 | 308,916 |
| 2026-09-15 | 307,409 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by producers and merchants 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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