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Mt Belv Norm Butane Opis 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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Bearish lean21/100

Mt Belv Norm Butane Opis positioning leans bearish - commercials selling (26w index 32), speculators crowded short (3y index 19).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net short and sit near the bottom of their 26-week range (COT index 32) - a bearish tilt in the traditional read.
  • Large speculators are net long near the bottom of their 3-year range (index 19) - 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 long 458 Mt Belv Norm Butane Opis futures contracts (up 217 week-over-week), commercials are net short 97, and open interest is 50,461 contracts. Managed money was net long 1,723 contracts as of (up 239 week-over-week).

458
Large speculators net · 52w
-97
Commercials net
18.6
COT index (3-year)
50,461
Open interest
Cite this data
FuturesBench, "Mt Belv Norm Butane Opis COT Report," data as of 2026-09-01.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/mt-belv-norm-butane-opis/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/mt-belv-norm-butane-opis.csv
Net positions since 2009
-6k-3k03k6k2025-092025-102025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-08Large speculatorsCommercials
-9k-6k-3k03k6k9k2021-092022-052023-022023-102024-072025-042025-122026-09Large speculatorsCommercials
-9k-6k-3k03k6k9k2009-092012-032014-082016-122019-052021-102024-032026-07Large 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 speculators458+2170.9%59.624.718.6
Commercials-97-202-0.2%32.274.877.9
Small traders-361-15-0.7%88.964.264.2

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/merchant5,283+1,32410.5%89.792.486.8
Swap dealers-5,380-1,881-10.7%0.00.039.5
Managed money1,723+2393.4%83.157.445.9
Other reportables-1,265+276-2.5%35.629.323.2
Small traders-361+42-0.7%86.864.264.2

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
2026-09-0150,461458+217-97-202-361
2026-08-2549,961241+298105-355-346
2026-08-1846,802-57-309460+302-403
2026-08-1144,430252-378158+289-410
2026-08-0448,807630+433-131-427-499
2026-07-2847,109197+454296-508-493
2026-07-2145,126-257+416804-574-547
2026-07-1443,457-673-2081,378+27-705
2026-07-0742,160-465-6491,351+548-886
2026-06-3045,839184+421803-411-987
2026-06-2345,641-237-2601,214+297-977
2026-06-1644,23023+113917-126-940
2026-06-0943,228-90-1,2391,043-103-953
2026-06-0247,1671,149+2091,146+965-2,295
2026-05-2647,024940-32181+299-1,121
2026-05-1945,686972+356-118-395-854
2026-05-1244,924616+41277-20-893
2026-05-0543,981575+1,862297-1,791-872
2026-04-2848,847-1,287+142,088-9-801
2026-04-2147,326-1,301+592,097+31-796
2026-04-1445,326-1,360-2032,066+77-706
2026-04-0744,630-1,157-2,4541,989+2,640-832
2026-03-3152,2361,297-393-651+490-646
2026-03-2451,6701,690+1,391-1,141-1,307-549
2026-03-1750,208299-105166+450-465
2026-03-1049,459404-1,194-284+1,247-120

Full history, no login: CSV (2009-09-29 → 2026-09-01) · JSON

Contract facts

(CONTRACTS OF 42,000 GALLONS)
Contract unit (CFTC)
06665Q
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Mt Belv Norm Butane Opis futures?
As of the 2026-09-01 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 458 contracts in Mt Belv Norm Butane Opis futures.
How current is this Mt Belv Norm Butane Opis 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 Mt Belv Norm Butane Opis COT history?
The full weekly series (2009-09-29 to 2026-09-01) is free at /data/cot/mt-belv-norm-butane-opis.csv - no login, no cap.

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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 06665Q. Dataset coverage 2009-09-29 → 2026-09-01. Methodology.