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WTI Crude Oil: futures positioning

CFTC contract market code 067651 · Legacy report, futures only

Report date
3 Nov 2026
Non-commercial net
+80,289contracts
Weekly change
+5,946contracts
Net as % of open interest
+4.2%
3-year percentile
13

Contracts, weekly

Non-commercial net position

0100,000200,000300,000400,000Oct 2021Jan 2023Apr 2024Jul 2025Nov 2026
WTI Crude Oil non-commercial net position, contracts

Blue: net long. Red: net short. Hover or tap for weekly values; the table below lists the latest 12 reports.

Contracts, weekly

Open interest

1,400,0001,600,0001,800,0002,000,0002,200,000Oct 2021Jan 2023Apr 2024Jul 2025Nov 2026
WTI Crude Oil open interest, contracts

Latest reports

Report dateOpen interestNon-comm. longNon-comm. shortNetCommercial netStatus
2026-11-031,908,732324,523244,234+80,289−111,277Verified
2026-10-271,886,280330,168255,825+74,343−102,968Verified
2026-10-201,835,144335,112245,787+89,325−116,158Verified
2026-10-131,900,179344,653244,310+100,343−125,335Verified
2026-10-061,889,422336,706237,646+99,060−126,458Verified
2026-09-291,878,576361,351251,888+109,463−142,618Verified
2026-09-221,841,811360,810219,704+141,106−169,889Verified
2026-09-151,955,764371,202235,297+135,905−164,858Verified
2026-09-081,939,911350,118213,539+136,579−166,185Verified
2026-09-011,921,085332,448202,537+129,911−156,005Verified
2026-08-251,906,740323,243199,794+123,449−156,246Verified
2026-08-181,888,960320,159198,069+122,090−153,087Verified

Verified = the published components reconcile to the reported totals (reportable + non-reportable = open interest; non-commercial long + spreading + commercial long = reportable long). Source: CFTC Public Reporting Environment (opens in a new tab). History shown: 265 weekly reports. Revisions published by the CFTC are stored as new records. Not investment advice. See methodology.