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Brent Crude (Last Day) COT Report

CFTC Commitments of Traders · positions as of Tuesday 2026-09-01, released Sep 4, 2026 (the CFTC reports each Tuesday's close three days later) · next release Sep 11, 2026 (regular cycle; see the release schedule for holiday shifts)

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Bullish tilt72/100

Brent Crude (Last Day) positioning leans bullish - commercials buying (26w index 100), speculators crowded short (3y index 17).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net long and sit near the top of their 26-week range (COT index 100) - a bullish tilt in the traditional read.
  • Large speculators are net short near the bottom of their 3-year range (index 17) - a crowded short, which historically leans bullish for the setup.

A description of how traders are positioned versus their own history - the standard Commitments of Traders interpretation, computed identically for every market. It is not a price forecast, a trading signal, or advice. How traders use positioning · how the read is computed.

As of the COT report, large speculators are net short 39,397 Brent Crude (Last Day) futures contracts (down 8,398 week-over-week), commercials are net long 36,842, and open interest is 253,258 contracts. Managed money was net long 5,307 contracts as of (down 1,529 week-over-week).

-39,397
Large speculators net · 52w
36,842
Commercials net
16.6
COT index (3-year)
253,258
Open interest
Cite this data 
FuturesBench, "Brent Crude (Last Day) COT Report," data as of 2026-09-01.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/brent-crude/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/brent-crude.csv
Net positions since 2011
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-60k-40k-20k020k40k60k2021-092022-052023-022023-102024-072025-042025-122026-09Large speculatorsCommercials
-60k-30k030k60k2011-102014-022016-032018-042020-052022-062024-072026-08Large speculatorsCommercials
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Positioning - as of Tuesday 2026-09-01

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-39,397-8,398-15.6%0.024.516.6
Commercials36,842+7,26714.5%100.074.380.6
Small traders2,555+1,1311.0%31.837.857.0

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

Disaggregated report - positions as of Tue 2026-09-01

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Producer/merchant-29,024+4,684-11.5%54.330.024.0
Swap dealers65,866+50226.0%98.298.999.1
Managed money5,307-1,5292.1%0.06.145.5
Other reportables-44,704-5,618-17.7%28.136.123.9
Small traders2,555+1,9611.0%31.837.857.0

Full Disaggregated report history: CSV · switch the chart above to this report family for the full series.

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-09-01253,258-39,397-8,39836,842+7,2672,555
2026-08-25270,144-30,999+1,25129,575-2,0811,424
2026-08-18253,532-32,250-6,39631,656+7,270594
2026-08-11233,972-25,854-1524,386+1,0231,468
2026-08-04218,894-25,839-11,19123,363+13,1942,476
2026-07-28258,755-14,648+12,08210,169-12,8734,479
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

Full history, no login: CSV (2011-10-18 → 2026-09-01) · 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 2026-09-01 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 39,397 contracts in Brent Crude (Last Day) futures.
How current is this Brent Crude (Last Day) COT data?
The latest report is dated 2026-09-01 (positions as of that Tuesday's close), published by the CFTC on 2026-09-04. 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 2026-09-01) 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 → 2026-09-01. Methodology.