Crude Oil, Light Sweet-WTI 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 long 12,514 Crude Oil, Light Sweet-WTI futures contracts (down 4,340 week-over-week), commercials are net short 15,856, and open interest is 770,415 contracts.

12,514
Large speculators net
-15,856
Commercials net
42.4
COT index (3-year)
770,415
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators12,514-4,3401.6%42.442.442.4
Commercials-15,856+2,846-2.1%53.753.753.7
Small traders3,342+1,4940.4%89.389.377.2

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 2009

-80k-40k040k80k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-80k-40k040k80k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-180k-90k090k180k2009-072011-122014-052016-102019-032021-082024-012026-06Large speculatorsCommercials

Disaggregated breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Producer/merchant58,888-1,119
Swap dealers-74,744+3,965
Managed money-17,208+7,012
Other reportables29,722-11,352
Small traders3,342+1,494

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
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
2026-03-03859,75719,970-1,805-21,795+1,8841,825
2026-02-24827,97021,775-47,555-23,679+46,1371,904
2026-02-17870,33469,330-21,438-69,816+20,783486
2026-02-10852,62490,768+12,906-90,599-13,188-169
2026-02-03823,91177,862+8,418-77,411-6,503-451
2026-01-27807,68469,444+4,333-70,908-5,0911,464

Full history, no login: CSV (2009-07-28 → 2026-07-21) · 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 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 12,514 contracts in Crude Oil, Light Sweet-WTI futures.
How current is this Crude Oil, Light Sweet-WTI COT data?
The latest report is dated 2026-07-21 (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 Oil, Light Sweet-WTI COT history?
The full weekly series (2009-07-28 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/crude-oil-light-sweet-wti.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 067411. Dataset coverage 2009-07-28 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.