Ethane, Mt. Belv-Enterprise 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 4,885 Ethane, Mt. Belv-Enterprise futures contracts (up 1,325 week-over-week), commercials are net short 5,113, and open interest is 84,275 contracts.

4,885
Large speculators net
-5,113
Commercials net
57.3
COT index (3-year)
84,275
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators4,885+1,3255.8%100.057.457.3
Commercials-5,113-1,276-6.1%0.040.741.7
Small traders228-490.3%90.592.376.3

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

-10k-5k05k10k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-10k-5k05k10k15k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-10k-5k05k10k15k2018-022019-042020-072021-092022-112024-012025-042026-06Large speculatorsCommercials

Disaggregated breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Producer/merchant-41-534
Swap dealers-5,072-742
Managed money2,352-20
Other reportables2,533+1,345
Small traders228-49

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-2184,2754,885+1,325-5,113-1,276228
2026-07-1483,6403,560-626-3,837+626277
2026-07-0779,3704,186+719-4,463-722277
2026-06-3089,8613,467+38-3,741-60274
2026-06-2389,6863,429-470-3,681+470252
2026-06-1690,0073,899+40-4,151-94252
2026-06-0989,2923,859-748-4,057+808198
2026-06-0286,7284,607+5,246-4,865-5,688258
2026-05-2695,942-639+15823+5-184
2026-05-1994,668-654+3,283818-3,288-164
2026-05-1293,197-3,937-5054,106+505-169
2026-05-0589,567-3,432+4243,601-358-169
2026-04-2896,120-3,856-6,0203,959+5,960-103
2026-04-2191,4152,164-847-2,001+1,177-163
2026-04-1487,9323,011-1,635-3,178+1,635167
2026-04-0784,3354,646+3,374-4,813-3,728167
2026-03-3193,7971,272-1,191-1,085+1,191-187
2026-03-2490,7602,463-1,221-2,276+1,311-187
2026-03-1786,5963,684+250-3,587-250-97
2026-03-1081,4693,434+596-3,337-736-97
2026-03-0376,3522,838-70-2,601+172-237
2026-02-2482,9512,908-903-2,773+1,005-135
2026-02-1774,6533,811+1,045-3,778-1,070-33
2026-02-1070,5962,766-244-2,708+275-58
2026-02-0369,5933,010+4,211-2,983-4,168-27
2026-01-2780,179-1,201+1,1351,185-1,09516

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

Contract facts

42000 gallons(1000 barrels)
Contract unit (CFTC)
066416
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Ethane, Mt. Belv-Enterprise futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 4,885 contracts in Ethane, Mt. Belv-Enterprise futures.
How current is this Ethane, Mt. Belv-Enterprise 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 Ethane, Mt. Belv-Enterprise COT history?
The full weekly series (2018-02-20 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/ethane-mt-belv-enterprise.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 066416. Dataset coverage 2018-02-20 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.