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Nat Gas ICE LD1 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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Bullish tilt48/100

Nat Gas ICE LD1 positioning leans bullish - commercials buying (26w index 82), speculators crowded short (3y index 17).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net short and sit near the top of their 26-week range (COT index 82) - a bullish tilt in the traditional read.
  • Large speculators are net long near the bottom of their 3-year range (index 17) - 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 146,117 Nat Gas ICE LD1 futures contracts (up 70,575 week-over-week), commercials are net short 162,475, and open interest is 7,816,562 contracts. Managed money was net long 161,392 contracts as of (up 21,162 week-over-week).

146,117
Large speculators net · 52w
-162,475
Commercials net
16.7
COT index (3-year)
7,816,562
Open interest
Cite this data 
FuturesBench, "Nat Gas ICE LD1 COT Report," data as of 2026-09-01.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/nat-gas-ice-ld1/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/nat-gas-ice-ld1.csv
Net positions since 2010
-1.5M-1.0M-500k0500k1.0M1.5M2025-092025-102025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-08Large speculatorsCommercials
-1.2M-600k0600k1.2M2021-092022-052023-022023-102024-072025-042025-122026-09Large speculatorsCommercials
-1.8M-1.2M-600k0600k1.2M1.8M2010-012012-052014-102017-022019-072021-112024-042026-09Large 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 speculators146,117+70,5751.9%19.78.516.7
Commercials-162,475-67,660-2.1%81.892.384.1
Small traders16,358-2,9150.2%0.020.413.4

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/merchant1,890,634-171,39424.2%0.035.020.4
Swap dealers-2,053,109+101,619-26.3%100.0100.0100.0
Managed money161,392+21,1622.1%4.32.117.8
Other reportables-15,275+50,336-0.2%74.140.527.9
Small traders16,358-1,7230.2%0.020.413.4

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
2026-09-017,816,562146,117+70,575-162,475-67,66016,358
2026-08-258,161,36675,542+923-94,815-2,11519,273
2026-08-187,993,33874,619-9,832-92,700+10,72318,081
2026-08-117,873,07984,451+48,221-103,423-40,68918,972
2026-08-047,798,05436,230-17,255-62,734+16,22426,504
2026-07-288,028,41353,485-13,898-78,958+18,18625,473
2026-07-217,948,08867,383-33,236-97,144+32,69929,761
2026-07-147,918,011100,619-115,352-129,843+114,48429,224
2026-07-077,782,336215,971-43,889-244,327+44,38628,356
2026-06-307,697,319259,860+44,014-288,713-42,39128,853
2026-06-238,001,089215,846-14,765-246,322+12,24630,476
2026-06-167,985,695230,611-22,784-258,568+21,24527,957
2026-06-097,865,641253,395-34,307-279,813+59,81126,418
2026-06-027,776,410287,702+89,662-339,624-109,81451,922
2026-05-268,075,218198,040-134,020-229,810+130,57531,770
2026-05-198,023,396332,060+70,187-360,385-68,03628,325
2026-05-127,983,208261,873-18,829-292,349+19,33130,476
2026-05-057,901,199280,702+97,867-311,680-75,54130,978
2026-04-288,169,743182,835+4,492-236,139-29,87153,304
2026-04-218,092,686178,343-116,792-206,268+117,99227,925
2026-04-147,989,734295,135-158,992-324,260+156,45729,125
2026-04-077,883,735454,127-35,212-480,717+31,53726,590
2026-03-317,826,536489,339+17,907-512,254-20,51022,915
2026-03-248,083,505471,432-109,449-491,744+106,58420,312
2026-03-177,925,444580,881-11,974-598,328+12,72417,447
2026-03-107,806,160592,855-70,004-611,052+69,52718,197

Full history, no login: CSV (2010-01-12 → 2026-09-01) · JSON

Contract facts

2500 MMBtus
Contract unit (CFTC)
023391
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Nat Gas ICE LD1 futures?
As of the 2026-09-01 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 146,117 contracts in Nat Gas ICE LD1 futures.
How current is this Nat Gas ICE LD1 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 Nat Gas ICE LD1 COT history?
The full weekly series (2010-01-12 to 2026-09-01) is free at /data/cot/nat-gas-ice-ld1.csv - no login, no cap.

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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 023391. Dataset coverage 2010-01-12 → 2026-09-01. Methodology.