Mt Belvieu Ethane Opis 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 477 Mt Belvieu Ethane Opis futures contracts (down 175 week-over-week), commercials are net long 652, and open interest is 37,898 contracts.

477
Large speculators net
652
Commercials net
26.2
COT index (3-year)
37,898
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators477-1751.3%0.00.026.2
Commercials652+2071.7%100.0100.080.4
Small traders-1,129-32-3.0%24.612.98.4

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

-12k-8k-4k04k8k12k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-12k-6k06k12k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-12k-6k06k12k2009-112012-022016-052018-052020-052022-062024-062026-06Large speculatorsCommercials

Disaggregated breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Producer/merchant10,843+715
Swap dealers-10,191-508
Managed money869-130
Other reportables-392-45
Small traders-1,129-32

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-2137,898477-175652+207-1,129
2026-07-1437,281652-2,045445+2,030-1,097
2026-07-0736,9872,697-315-1,585+300-1,112
2026-06-3040,6463,012+335-1,885-250-1,127
2026-06-2339,2602,677+155-1,635-155-1,042
2026-06-1639,2292,522+15-1,480+62-1,042
2026-06-0937,8232,507-180-1,542+333-965
2026-06-0242,6072,687+325-1,875-305-812
2026-05-2642,4152,362+80-1,570-145-792
2026-05-1942,4702,282+45-1,425-30-857
2026-05-1240,9522,237-140-1,395+140-842
2026-05-0540,9592,377-355-1,535+240-842
2026-04-2844,7592,732+20-1,775-240-957
2026-04-2143,9982,712-295-1,535+214-1,177
2026-04-1442,5003,007-75-1,749+95-1,258
2026-04-0738,5693,082+40-1,844+316-1,238
2026-03-3141,4243,042-375-2,160+375-882
2026-03-2442,2523,417+52-2,535-70-882
2026-03-1741,9513,365-148-2,465+170-900
2026-03-1041,6523,513-938-2,635+1,083-878
2026-03-0347,0284,451-1,024-3,718+971-733
2026-02-2446,9395,475+104-4,689-79-786
2026-02-1745,5975,371-56-4,610-148-761
2026-02-1043,9785,427+533-4,462-718-965
2026-02-0348,8124,894+328-3,744-249-1,150
2026-01-2748,7884,566-1,880-3,495+1,965-1,071

Full history, no login: CSV (2009-11-09 → 2026-07-21) · JSON

Contract facts

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

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Mt Belvieu Ethane Opis futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 477 contracts in Mt Belvieu Ethane Opis futures.
How current is this Mt Belvieu Ethane Opis 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 Mt Belvieu Ethane Opis COT history?
The full weekly series (2009-11-09 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/mt-belvieu-ethane-opis.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 06665P. Dataset coverage 2009-11-09 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.