Brent Crude (Last Day) COT Report

CFTC Commitments of Traders · report date 2026-07-21 (released Jul 24, 2026) · next report expected Jul 31, 2026 (regular cycle; see the release schedule for holiday shifts)

As of the Jul 21, 2026 COT report, large speculators are net short 26,730 Brent Crude (Last Day) futures contracts (down 5,306 week-over-week), commercials are net long 23,042, and open interest is 247,812 contracts.

-26,730
Large speculators net
23,042
Commercials net
37.1
COT index (3-year)
247,812
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-26,730-5,306-10.8%56.155.237.1
Commercials23,042+4,5379.3%44.544.557.0
Small traders3,688+7691.5%50.354.668.6

Net = long − short (spread positions cancel). COT index: 0 = most net-short of the lookback, 100 = most net-long. How it's computed.

Net positions since 2011

-40k-20k020k40k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-60k-40k-20k020k40k60k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-60k-30k030k60k2011-102014-012016-022018-032020-042022-052024-062026-06Large speculatorsCommercials

Disaggregated breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Producer/merchant-37,120+2,106
Swap dealers60,162+2,431
Managed money14,255+1,718
Other reportables-40,985-7,024
Small traders3,688+769

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-21247,812-26,730-5,30623,042+4,5373,688
2026-07-14247,129-21,424+3,22518,505-3,9372,919
2026-07-07241,351-24,649+9,88322,442-8,0962,207
2026-06-30264,225-34,532-10,04130,538+10,6093,994
2026-06-23258,223-24,491-12,17219,929+12,6014,562
2026-06-16251,903-12,319-3,4367,328+4,8664,991
2026-06-09251,441-8,883+9,4882,462-10,1056,421
2026-06-02226,538-18,371+14,44312,567-13,4885,804
2026-05-26249,447-32,814-7,84826,055+5,2266,759
2026-05-19243,770-24,966-6,93220,829+7,2504,137
2026-05-12246,926-18,034-8,81013,579+7,3764,455
2026-05-05231,571-9,224+16,3336,203-17,3093,021
2026-04-28269,896-25,557-2,22323,512+2,5622,045
2026-04-21255,630-23,334+32220,950+4802,384
2026-04-14262,459-23,656+7,46820,470-6,9463,186
2026-04-07264,863-31,124+4,69127,416-5,3603,708
2026-03-31297,990-35,815-18,26032,776+17,4033,039
2026-03-24315,629-17,555+5,00215,373-5,2042,182
2026-03-17283,788-22,557-9,41120,577+9,0981,980
2026-03-10259,266-13,146+14,32211,479-13,9211,667
2026-03-03251,667-27,468+22,02525,400-23,3302,068
2026-02-24266,992-49,493-13,22648,730+13,040763
2026-02-17272,933-36,267-18535,690+716577
2026-02-10261,730-36,082-1,97234,974+1,5161,108
2026-02-03239,816-34,110+7,63833,458-6,568652
2026-01-27267,489-41,748+40240,026+1,1511,722

Full history, no login: CSV (2011-10-18 → 2026-07-21) · JSON

Contract facts

(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS)
Contract unit (CFTC)
BZ
Ticker
NYMEX
Exchange
06765T
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Brent Crude (Last Day) futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 26,730 contracts in Brent Crude (Last Day) futures.
How current is this Brent Crude (Last Day) COT data?
The latest report is dated 2026-07-21 (positions as of that Tuesday's close), published by the CFTC on 2026-07-24. This page updates within minutes of each weekly release.
Where can I download Brent Crude (Last Day) COT history?
The full weekly series (2011-10-18 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/brent-crude.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 06765T. Dataset coverage 2011-10-18 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.