COT reports: Short 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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in crude oil futures of the kind "WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 55,345 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 57,268 on 8 September.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 1,058 records in total. The time period covered by the series is from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here are some simple statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions had an average value of 69,781 contracts; they recorded a minimum of 38,979 on 4 August 2026; they recorded their maximum of 123,194 on 6 May 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 50,654.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 57,268.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 55,345.0 |
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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: "WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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