Chicago Citygate (Index) 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 2,664 Chicago Citygate (Index) futures contracts (up 124 week-over-week), commercials are net long 1,886, and open interest is 89,056 contracts.

-2,664
Large speculators net
1,886
Commercials net
58.5
COT index (3-year)
89,056
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-2,664+124-3.0%97.597.858.5
Commercials1,886-932.1%1.73.044.1
Small traders778-310.9%72.241.237.7

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 2013

-21k-14k-7k07k14k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-21k-14k-7k07k14k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-21k-14k-7k07k14k2013-052016-092018-072020-022021-102023-052024-122026-07Large speculatorsCommercials

Disaggregated breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Producer/merchant-24,904-645
Swap dealers26,790+552
Managed money-3,470+124
Other reportables806+0
Small traders778-31

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-2189,056-2,664+1241,886-93778
2026-07-1486,086-2,788+1861,979-217809
2026-07-0784,126-2,974-6602,196+72778
2026-06-3097,434-2,314+312,124-93190
2026-06-2396,634-2,345+622,217-62128
2026-06-1691,395-2,407+02,279-155128
2026-06-0987,798-2,407+2452,434+158-27
2026-06-02100,788-2,652-1202,276+60376
2026-05-26100,758-2,532+6002,216-294316
2026-05-1996,618-3,132-5872,510+194622
2026-05-1293,858-2,545+1502,316+555229
2026-05-0593,318-2,695+9301,761-487934
2026-04-28104,640-3,625-6822,248+6231,377
2026-04-21102,005-2,943+9921,625-1,4541,318
2026-04-1498,687-3,935+313,079+33856
2026-04-0780,558-3,966+4,8983,046-5,313920
2026-03-3196,157-8,864+398,359+0505
2026-03-2494,109-8,903-9308,359+2,086544
2026-03-1786,337-7,973-7206,273+8101,700
2026-03-1081,721-7,253+2,3375,463-4,2081,790
2026-03-0392,947-9,590+5,0809,671-6,854-81
2026-02-2487,981-14,670-3,24516,525+5,558-1,855
2026-02-1778,537-11,425-60110,967+436458
2026-02-1075,814-10,824+5,58310,531-6,289293
2026-02-0390,909-16,407-52916,820+995-413
2026-01-2788,247-15,878+89615,825-1,31653

Full history, no login: CSV (2013-05-07 → 2026-07-21) · JSON

Contract facts

2500 mmbtu
Contract unit (CFTC)
02339Q
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Chicago Citygate (Index) futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 2,664 contracts in Chicago Citygate (Index) futures.
How current is this Chicago Citygate (Index) 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 Chicago Citygate (Index) COT history?
The full weekly series (2013-05-07 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/chicago-citygate-index.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 02339Q. Dataset coverage 2013-05-07 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.