Crude Diff-Tmx Wcs 1A 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 14,106 Crude Diff-Tmx Wcs 1A Index futures contracts (up 41 week-over-week), commercials are net long 14,124, and open interest is 55,209 contracts.

-14,106
Large speculators net
14,124
Commercials net
0.2
COT index (3-year)
55,209
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-14,106+41-25.6%0.30.20.2
Commercials14,124-4925.6%99.699.899.8
Small traders-18+8-0.0%16.827.127.1

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 2018

-12k-6k06k12k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-12k-6k06k12k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-12k-6k06k12k2018-022019-042020-072021-092022-112024-012025-042026-06Large speculatorsCommercials

Disaggregated breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Producer/merchant35,147-3,600
Swap dealers-21,023+3,551
Managed money-14,056+11
Other reportables-50+30
Small traders-18+8

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-2155,209-14,106+4114,124-49-18
2026-07-1463,994-14,147-1,87014,173+1,805-26
2026-07-0758,163-12,277-1,27912,368+1,304-91
2026-06-3060,595-10,998-1,39511,064+1,350-66
2026-06-2357,770-9,603-1299,714+1,512-111
2026-06-1667,321-9,474-5058,202-8661,272
2026-06-0962,021-8,969-1,9359,068+1,980-99
2026-06-0255,761-7,034-2,1807,088+2,150-54
2026-05-2655,119-4,854-2004,938+200-84
2026-05-1955,043-4,654-2434,738+205-84
2026-05-1263,476-4,411-8324,533+852-122
2026-05-0559,452-3,579-1,9103,681+1,825-102
2026-04-2858,077-1,669-551,856+50-187
2026-04-2152,427-1,614+1,8921,806-1,880-192
2026-04-1456,350-3,506+753,686-30-180
2026-04-0754,480-3,581+1,1453,716-1,145-135
2026-03-3154,778-4,726-1704,861+170-135
2026-03-2456,845-4,556+1,8324,691-1,975-135
2026-03-1770,605-6,388-806,666+228-278
2026-03-1068,855-6,308+2,9056,438-2,975-130
2026-03-0373,742-9,213-4009,413+500-200
2026-02-2473,451-8,813-1,1558,913+1,110-100
2026-02-1772,211-7,658-1,3567,803+1,461-145
2026-02-1080,970-6,302-6306,342+450-40
2026-02-0375,755-5,672-705,892+115-220
2026-01-2771,926-5,602-8355,777+880-175

Full history, no login: CSV (2018-02-20 → 2026-07-21) · JSON

Contract facts

1000 BARRELS
Contract unit (CFTC)
06742G
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Crude Diff-Tmx Wcs 1A Index futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 14,106 contracts in Crude Diff-Tmx Wcs 1A Index futures.
How current is this Crude Diff-Tmx Wcs 1A 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 Crude Diff-Tmx Wcs 1A Index COT history?
The full weekly series (2018-02-20 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/crude-diff-tmx-wcs-1a-index.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 06742G. Dataset coverage 2018-02-20 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.