COT reports: Short 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), short positions held by other reporting traders in crude oil futures of the kind "BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 85,923 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 74,931 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. There are 733 data points overall in the weekly time series shown in the graph above. The series covers the time span extending from October 2011 to January 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions had a mean value of 50,270 contracts; they recorded their highest level of 113,189 on 28 May 2019; they registered a minimum of 863 on 25 October 2011.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 72288.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 74931.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 85923.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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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