# CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET-WTI — Commitments of Traders

Latest report: 2026-10-13
Market: CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET-WTI - ICE FUTURES EUROPE
Commodity group: NATURAL RESOURCES

## Latest positions (2026-10-13)

- Open interest: 1,016,495 contracts
- Speculator long: 72,511 (7.1% of OI)
- Speculator short: 65,868 (6.5% of OI)
- Speculator NET: +6,643
- Commercial long: 636,047 (62.6% of OI)
- Commercial short: 642,535 (63.2% of OI)
- Commercial NET: -6,488
- Total traders: 117

## Week-over-week change

- Change in open interest: +18,861
- Change in speculator long: -5,485
- Change in speculator short: +4,674
- Change in commercial long: +26,084
- Change in commercial short: +13,382

## 52-week history (most recent first)

| Week | Open Interest | Spec Long | Spec Short | Comm Long | Comm Short |
|------|--------------:|----------:|-----------:|----------:|-----------:|
| 2026-10-13 | 1,016,495 | 72,511 | 65,868 | 636,047 | 642,535 |
| 2026-10-06 | 997,634 | 77,996 | 61,194 | 609,963 | 629,153 |
| 2026-09-29 | 979,269 | 83,452 | 59,916 | 585,246 | 612,608 |
| 2026-09-22 | 961,132 | 78,146 | 57,204 | 573,267 | 595,996 |
| 2026-09-15 | 1,058,139 | 79,072 | 61,116 | 624,409 | 645,417 |
| 2026-09-08 | 1,026,140 | 69,353 | 58,480 | 608,984 | 622,996 |
| 2026-09-01 | 1,031,178 | 72,504 | 61,053 | 611,035 | 627,112 |
| 2026-08-25 | 1,017,205 | 71,727 | 54,659 | 594,417 | 614,004 |
| 2026-08-18 | 1,054,647 | 77,097 | 60,112 | 624,205 | 643,812 |
| 2026-08-11 | 1,097,720 | 81,501 | 57,648 | 634,220 | 659,971 |
| 2026-08-04 | 1,070,567 | 84,509 | 57,922 | 621,423 | 650,939 |
| 2026-07-28 | 1,031,278 | 93,179 | 60,990 | 588,652 | 624,995 |
| 2026-07-21 | 1,030,275 | 102,523 | 59,762 | 586,963 | 632,825 |
| 2026-07-14 | 1,068,132 | 107,845 | 56,817 | 609,585 | 661,994 |
| 2026-07-07 | 1,047,108 | 90,169 | 54,546 | 625,675 | 660,119 |
| 2026-06-30 | 1,048,455 | 88,276 | 55,281 | 616,330 | 646,944 |
| 2026-06-23 | 1,038,008 | 99,492 | 56,408 | 593,902 | 635,630 |
| 2026-06-16 | 1,055,949 | 102,917 | 53,573 | 605,604 | 658,799 |
| 2026-06-09 | 1,104,075 | 102,363 | 60,261 | 624,743 | 668,055 |
| 2026-06-02 | 1,099,557 | 95,076 | 66,837 | 629,069 | 657,883 |
| 2026-05-26 | 1,103,949 | 88,544 | 78,126 | 640,291 | 653,963 |
| 2026-05-19 | 1,111,465 | 92,804 | 83,536 | 648,738 | 658,976 |
| 2026-05-12 | 1,223,451 | 93,144 | 98,337 | 713,743 | 710,897 |
| 2026-05-05 | 1,200,949 | 106,153 | 101,490 | 701,604 | 707,560 |
| 2026-04-28 | 1,171,190 | 99,990 | 99,423 | 693,639 | 694,055 |
| 2026-04-21 | 1,129,185 | 96,688 | 101,308 | 670,730 | 664,193 |
| 2026-04-14 | 1,212,185 | 96,424 | 100,253 | 707,634 | 703,936 |
| 2026-04-07 | 1,204,296 | 93,174 | 102,670 | 722,574 | 710,262 |
| 2026-03-31 | 1,184,319 | 83,097 | 108,439 | 724,530 | 695,386 |
| 2026-03-24 | 1,163,026 | 81,542 | 94,292 | 705,459 | 691,658 |
| 2026-03-17 | 1,151,559 | 89,365 | 100,028 | 702,024 | 691,068 |
| 2026-03-10 | 1,172,869 | 99,007 | 98,592 | 700,673 | 700,003 |
| 2026-03-03 | 1,103,917 | 119,148 | 81,883 | 652,579 | 690,390 |
| 2026-02-24 | 1,015,808 | 113,627 | 86,577 | 592,952 | 622,021 |
| 2026-02-17 | 1,023,692 | 146,134 | 72,893 | 562,124 | 635,983 |
| 2026-02-10 | 1,047,425 | 149,157 | 63,265 | 566,018 | 652,034 |
| 2026-02-03 | 1,006,849 | 140,285 | 67,420 | 547,239 | 619,788 |
| 2026-01-27 | 969,550 | 136,501 | 72,007 | 526,952 | 592,902 |
| 2026-01-20 | 928,289 | 133,080 | 70,616 | 507,436 | 570,585 |
| 2026-01-13 | 983,239 | 135,441 | 73,642 | 532,483 | 595,501 |
| 2026-01-06 | 923,512 | 133,105 | 64,808 | 492,675 | 560,824 |
| 2025-12-30 | 903,507 | 122,184 | 60,126 | 488,892 | 551,719 |
| 2025-12-23 | 897,060 | 113,187 | 61,759 | 493,335 | 544,528 |
| 2025-12-16 | 922,973 | 128,096 | 62,804 | 497,488 | 562,389 |
| 2025-12-09 | 912,947 | 131,655 | 58,921 | 483,882 | 559,819 |
| 2025-12-02 | 897,924 | 101,420 | 66,134 | 501,548 | 538,989 |
| 2025-11-25 | 902,112 | 99,661 | 72,813 | 510,596 | 541,261 |
| 2025-11-18 | 914,957 | 112,691 | 71,013 | 524,528 | 568,190 |
| 2025-11-10 | 956,332 | 121,778 | 66,921 | 543,011 | 600,353 |
| 2025-11-04 | 942,201 | 133,559 | 66,176 | 522,587 | 593,237 |
| 2025-10-28 | 934,401 | 112,662 | 64,528 | 533,325 | 582,490 |
| 2025-10-21 | 942,261 | 122,157 | 65,630 | 523,444 | 579,107 |

## Source

- CFTC Public Reports: https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/Public-Reports/Commitments-of-Traders-Public-Reporting-API/jun7-fc8e