Fuel Oil-3% Usgc/3.5% Fob Rdam 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 5,867 Fuel Oil-3% Usgc/3.5% Fob Rdam futures contracts (down 82 week-over-week), commercials are net long 5,872, and open interest is 15,573 contracts.

-5,867
Large speculators net
5,872
Commercials net
19.2
COT index (3-year)
15,573
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-5,867-82-37.7%0.70.419.2
Commercials5,872+9237.7%98.298.980.8
Small traders-5-10-0.0%20.020.014.3

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

-6k-4k-2k02k4k6k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-12k-8k-4k04k8k12k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-10k-5k05k10k2018-022019-042020-072021-092022-112024-012025-042026-06Large speculatorsCommercials

Disaggregated breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Producer/merchant1,959+17
Swap dealers3,913+75
Managed money-2,760+0
Other reportables-3,107-82
Small traders-5-10

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-2115,573-5,867-825,872+92-5
2026-07-1415,044-5,785-3845,780+3745
2026-07-0713,974-5,401+2855,406-259-5
2026-06-3016,030-5,686-1155,665+5021
2026-06-2315,476-5,571-1175,615+142-44
2026-06-1615,258-5,454+1045,473-136-19
2026-06-0915,290-5,558+3435,609-355-51
2026-06-0214,723-5,901-1,5855,964+1,603-63
2026-05-2616,343-4,316+5674,361-550-45
2026-05-1915,838-4,883-5694,911+565-28
2026-05-1214,421-4,314+214,346-21-32
2026-05-0513,176-4,335-3084,367+380-32
2026-04-2815,980-4,027-7233,987+72640
2026-04-2115,445-3,304-6903,261+67843
2026-04-1415,841-2,614-802,583+8031
2026-04-0714,737-2,534+2,4762,503-2,42431
2026-03-3118,744-5,010+7894,927-79483
2026-03-2418,534-5,799-2,2395,721+2,23978
2026-03-1718,201-3,560-793,482+8378
2026-03-1017,913-3,481-1,4163,399+1,56182
2026-03-0317,831-2,065+4251,838-599227
2026-02-2420,606-2,490-2932,437+27353
2026-02-1720,168-2,197-1242,164+12433
2026-02-1019,515-2,073-1,2272,040+1,22733
2026-02-0318,566-846+573813-59233
2026-01-2721,034-1,419-2581,405+25314

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

Contract facts

(1000 barrels)
Contract unit (CFTC)
02141C
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Fuel Oil-3% Usgc/3.5% Fob Rdam futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 5,867 contracts in Fuel Oil-3% Usgc/3.5% Fob Rdam futures.
How current is this Fuel Oil-3% Usgc/3.5% Fob Rdam 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 Fuel Oil-3% Usgc/3.5% Fob Rdam COT history?
The full weekly series (2018-02-20 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/fuel-oil-3-usgc-3-5-fob-rdam.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 02141C. Dataset coverage 2018-02-20 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.