# BRENT LAST DAY — Commitments of Traders

Latest report: 2026-10-13
Market: BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
Commodity group: NATURAL RESOURCES

## Latest positions (2026-10-13)

- Open interest: 304,054 contracts
- Speculator long: 41,228 (13.6% of OI)
- Speculator short: 72,248 (23.8% of OI)
- Speculator NET: -31,020
- Commercial long: 139,074 (45.7% of OI)
- Commercial short: 112,508 (37.0% of OI)
- Commercial NET: +26,566
- Total traders: 57

## Week-over-week change

- Change in open interest: +5,801
- Change in speculator long: -1,674
- Change in speculator short: +3,100
- Change in commercial long: +8,557
- Change in commercial short: +4,168

## 52-week history (most recent first)

| Week | Open Interest | Spec Long | Spec Short | Comm Long | Comm Short |
|------|--------------:|----------:|-----------:|----------:|-----------:|
| 2026-10-13 | 304,054 | 41,228 | 72,248 | 139,074 | 112,508 |
| 2026-10-06 | 298,253 | 42,902 | 69,148 | 130,517 | 108,340 |
| 2026-09-29 | 303,323 | 42,585 | 73,542 | 132,663 | 104,858 |
| 2026-09-22 | 319,049 | 41,907 | 73,675 | 134,235 | 104,564 |
| 2026-09-15 | 336,138 | 46,453 | 75,465 | 137,362 | 111,454 |
| 2026-09-08 | 324,233 | 43,047 | 74,733 | 128,708 | 101,091 |
| 2026-09-01 | 310,447 | 44,818 | 75,676 | 123,889 | 96,031 |
| 2026-08-25 | 318,384 | 43,255 | 68,277 | 123,329 | 100,202 |
| 2026-08-18 | 323,467 | 47,275 | 64,213 | 123,516 | 107,879 |
| 2026-08-11 | 302,819 | 45,552 | 57,937 | 119,622 | 109,356 |
| 2026-08-04 | 282,400 | 42,393 | 57,282 | 110,642 | 98,789 |
| 2026-07-28 | 323,696 | 60,908 | 63,976 | 123,858 | 125,864 |
| 2026-07-21 | 366,464 | 56,051 | 70,967 | 154,852 | 143,592 |
| 2026-07-14 | 355,248 | 56,542 | 64,471 | 146,305 | 141,274 |
| 2026-07-07 | 338,912 | 59,608 | 66,041 | 137,648 | 133,419 |
| 2026-06-30 | 367,795 | 60,094 | 77,539 | 154,461 | 141,006 |
| 2026-06-23 | 362,081 | 58,352 | 68,990 | 146,047 | 140,104 |
| 2026-06-16 | 346,985 | 61,609 | 62,331 | 133,169 | 137,535 |
| 2026-06-09 | 340,583 | 58,835 | 61,202 | 131,832 | 135,949 |
| 2026-06-02 | 315,926 | 58,260 | 70,401 | 126,523 | 120,245 |
| 2026-05-26 | 335,423 | 60,543 | 88,584 | 136,542 | 115,295 |
| 2026-05-19 | 359,970 | 57,784 | 84,034 | 151,589 | 129,436 |
| 2026-05-12 | 356,524 | 64,166 | 83,453 | 142,871 | 128,011 |
| 2026-05-05 | 337,974 | 68,042 | 79,535 | 137,045 | 128,543 |
| 2026-04-28 | 360,378 | 61,109 | 89,600 | 153,980 | 127,517 |
| 2026-04-21 | 377,019 | 59,166 | 89,288 | 171,062 | 143,420 |
| 2026-04-14 | 381,403 | 61,989 | 91,345 | 177,717 | 151,639 |
| 2026-04-07 | 404,126 | 63,701 | 101,018 | 198,696 | 165,179 |
| 2026-03-31 | 425,813 | 66,949 | 105,047 | 207,247 | 172,335 |
| 2026-03-24 | 508,945 | 71,919 | 111,749 | 272,616 | 234,968 |
| 2026-03-17 | 462,542 | 64,093 | 107,908 | 241,935 | 200,100 |
| 2026-03-10 | 398,071 | 65,645 | 95,759 | 200,528 | 172,163 |
| 2026-03-03 | 356,030 | 55,878 | 98,323 | 175,935 | 134,893 |
| 2026-02-24 | 336,199 | 51,548 | 108,815 | 165,326 | 108,882 |
| 2026-02-17 | 349,606 | 54,277 | 96,650 | 164,403 | 122,724 |
| 2026-02-10 | 352,270 | 49,496 | 96,847 | 171,970 | 125,843 |
| 2026-02-03 | 305,103 | 51,446 | 93,861 | 132,822 | 91,197 |
| 2026-01-27 | 319,032 | 54,172 | 99,818 | 133,302 | 89,606 |
| 2026-01-20 | 290,494 | 48,626 | 88,832 | 118,528 | 81,585 |
| 2026-01-13 | 278,464 | 52,554 | 84,528 | 108,020 | 79,140 |
| 2026-01-06 | 245,702 | 47,492 | 73,326 | 92,839 | 69,484 |
| 2025-12-30 | 255,775 | 45,369 | 71,395 | 99,028 | 74,872 |
| 2025-12-23 | 250,012 | 46,933 | 73,717 | 98,035 | 73,901 |
| 2025-12-16 | 242,439 | 47,350 | 74,269 | 94,554 | 69,982 |
| 2025-12-09 | 239,888 | 46,324 | 75,972 | 96,937 | 69,342 |
| 2025-12-02 | 242,597 | 54,526 | 76,235 | 97,827 | 76,905 |
| 2025-11-25 | 272,270 | 58,116 | 83,313 | 117,449 | 93,440 |
| 2025-11-18 | 254,132 | 54,767 | 80,178 | 104,333 | 79,220 |
| 2025-11-10 | 233,547 | 51,134 | 70,893 | 96,844 | 77,251 |
| 2025-11-04 | 224,358 | 53,703 | 65,675 | 84,347 | 73,104 |
| 2025-10-28 | 238,441 | 48,894 | 65,365 | 95,727 | 82,518 |
| 2025-10-21 | 246,127 | 47,944 | 63,152 | 104,731 | 91,573 |

## Source

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