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Crude Oil, Light Sweet-WTI 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 lean24/100

Crude Oil, Light Sweet-WTI positioning leans bullish - commercials buying (26w index 62), speculators crowded short (3y index 15).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net long and sit in the middle of their 26-week range (COT index 62) - a bullish tilt in the traditional read.
  • Large speculators are net short near the bottom of their 3-year range (index 15) - 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 24,651 Crude Oil, Light Sweet-WTI futures contracts (down 9,509 week-over-week), commercials are net long 20,065, and open interest is 767,357 contracts. Managed money was net short 10,747 contracts as of (down 51 week-over-week).

-24,651
Large speculators net · 52w
20,065
Commercials net
15.0
COT index (3-year)
767,357
Open interest
Cite this data 
FuturesBench, "Crude Oil, Light Sweet-WTI COT Report," data as of 2026-09-01.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/crude-oil-light-sweet-wti/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/crude-oil-light-sweet-wti.csv
Net positions since 2009
-80k-40k040k80k2025-092025-102025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-08Large speculatorsCommercials
-80k-40k040k80k2021-092022-052023-022023-102024-072025-042025-122026-09Large speculatorsCommercials
-180k-90k090k180k2009-072012-012014-062016-112019-042021-092024-032026-08Large 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-24,651-9,509-3.2%30.415.015.0
Commercials20,065+7,7252.6%61.879.579.5
Small traders4,586+1,7840.6%100.0100.089.0

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/merchant94,047-1,42112.3%38.062.771.6
Swap dealers-73,982+6,799-9.6%95.264.430.0
Managed money-10,747-51-1.4%90.490.493.8
Other reportables-13,904-7,149-1.8%0.00.00.0
Small traders4,586+1,8220.6%100.0100.089.0

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
2026-09-01767,357-24,651-9,50920,065+7,7254,586
2026-08-25778,174-15,142+2,30912,340-2,3472,802
2026-08-18815,351-17,451-11,11814,687+10,4242,764
2026-08-11797,158-6,333-8,8174,263+10,0182,070
2026-08-04782,1892,484-1,489-5,755+2,7423,271
2026-07-28781,1933,973-8,541-8,497+7,3594,524
2026-07-21770,41512,514-4,340-15,856+2,8463,342
2026-07-14791,68016,854+7,651-18,702-10,3781,848
2026-07-07801,4109,203+2,398-8,324-3,668-879
2026-06-30806,9056,805-10,619-4,656+11,591-2,149
2026-06-23803,06717,424-4,507-16,247+9,855-1,177
2026-06-16822,99021,931+18,552-26,102-21,4564,171
2026-06-09818,4923,379+11,230-4,646-11,6431,267
2026-06-02816,733-7,851+19,3816,997-16,965854
2026-05-26830,992-27,232+1,02423,962-3,0883,270
2026-05-19836,880-28,256+13,24327,050-13,0451,206
2026-05-12875,230-41,499-7,43840,095+6,7811,404
2026-05-05866,504-34,061+5,67133,314-6,897747
2026-04-28855,542-39,732+1,24340,211-2,613-479
2026-04-21842,828-40,975-11,96042,824+13,753-1,849
2026-04-14872,032-29,015+4,88229,071-7,453-56
2026-04-07858,838-33,897+11,10536,524-12,080-2,627
2026-03-31855,613-45,002-8,72048,604+11,381-3,602
2026-03-24846,034-36,282-3,45137,223+4,197-941
2026-03-17849,074-32,831-6,73533,026+5,812-195
2026-03-10846,189-26,096-46,06627,214+49,009-1,118

Full history, no login: CSV (2009-07-28 → 2026-09-01) · JSON

Contract facts

(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS)
Contract unit (CFTC)
067411
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Crude Oil, Light Sweet-WTI futures?
As of the 2026-09-01 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 24,651 contracts in Crude Oil, Light Sweet-WTI futures.
How current is this Crude Oil, Light Sweet-WTI 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 Crude Oil, Light Sweet-WTI COT history?
The full weekly series (2009-07-28 to 2026-09-01) is free at /data/cot/crude-oil-light-sweet-wti.csv - no login, no cap.

Learn: how to read this report · commercials vs non-commercials · glossary

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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 067411. Dataset coverage 2009-07-28 → 2026-09-01. Methodology.