COT reports: Short positions held by non-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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in crude oil futures of the kind "BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 4,995 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 4,991 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. In the weekly series displayed in the plot, there are 733 observations. The period covered by the series is from October 2011 to January 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions registered a minimum of 2,447 contracts on 6 March 2012; they recorded their maximum of 15,101 on 17 March 2015; they had an average value of 6,644.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 3921.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 4991.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 4995.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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: BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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