Gasoline RBOB 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 60,994 Gasoline RBOB futures contracts (up 3,009 week-over-week), commercials are net short 72,805, and open interest is 330,490 contracts.

60,994
Large speculators net
-72,805
Commercials net
54.5
COT index (3-year)
330,490
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators60,994+3,00918.5%27.043.754.5
Commercials-72,805-4,152-22.0%73.551.539.1
Small traders11,811+1,1433.6%40.054.271.3

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 2006

-120k-80k-40k040k80k120k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-120k-80k-40k040k80k120k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-150k-100k-50k050k100k150k2006-022009-012011-122014-112017-102020-092023-082026-07Large speculatorsCommercials

Disaggregated breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Producer/merchant-94,159-1,059
Swap dealers21,354-3,093
Managed money73,707+4,982
Other reportables-12,713-1,973
Small traders11,811+1,143

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-21330,49060,994+3,009-72,805-4,15211,811
2026-07-14324,65257,985-239-68,653-1,62510,668
2026-07-07316,18158,224+3,893-67,028-2,9398,804
2026-06-30302,28554,331+2,227-64,089-2,9859,758
2026-06-23316,16052,104+317-61,104+7829,000
2026-06-16310,46951,787+4,744-61,886-2,91310,099
2026-06-09314,52147,043-8,579-58,973+7,88611,930
2026-06-02302,49255,622+995-66,859+1,55811,237
2026-05-26300,93554,627+3,698-68,417-4,17513,790
2026-05-19319,84650,929-3,596-64,242+6,17413,313
2026-05-12327,70754,525-4,368-70,416+2,96615,891
2026-05-05312,11558,893+2,677-73,382-4,49214,489
2026-04-28313,23456,216-899-68,890+2,68212,674
2026-04-21330,03957,115+3,350-71,572-5,78414,457
2026-04-14337,37553,765-5,827-65,788+8,23212,023
2026-04-07320,49759,592-8,734-74,020+7,15214,428
2026-03-31328,51868,326-1,520-81,172+2,24612,846
2026-03-24355,10069,846-6,749-83,418+11,26413,572
2026-03-17380,57976,595+3,642-94,682-5,66718,087
2026-03-10391,27872,953-18,864-89,015+15,83516,062
2026-03-03413,79091,817-6,975-104,850+6,29713,033
2026-02-24467,30198,792+10,050-111,147-9,16312,355
2026-02-17464,67288,742-1,214-101,984+1,66513,242
2026-02-10463,05689,956+13,525-103,649-14,79213,693
2026-02-03469,16576,431-2,782-88,857-2,02312,426
2026-01-27464,34579,213+8,433-86,834-7,6297,621

Full history, no login: CSV (2006-02-14 → 2026-07-21) · JSON

Contract facts

(CONTRACTS OF 42,000 U.S. GALLONS)
Contract unit (CFTC)
111659
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Gasoline RBOB futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 60,994 contracts in Gasoline RBOB futures.
How current is this Gasoline RBOB 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 Gasoline RBOB COT history?
The full weekly series (2006-02-14 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/gasoline-rbob.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 111659. Dataset coverage 2006-02-14 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.