Soybean Oil 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 114,142 Soybean Oil futures contracts (up 6,899 week-over-week), commercials are net short 124,875, and open interest is 661,652 contracts.

114,142
Large speculators net
-124,875
Commercials net
76.7
COT index (3-year)
661,652
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators114,142+6,89917.3%57.675.276.7
Commercials-124,875-6,516-18.9%40.723.522.6
Small traders10,733-3831.6%60.671.871.8

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 1986

-210k-140k-70k070k140k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-210k-140k-70k070k140k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-240k-160k-80k080k160k1986-011994-122000-032005-062010-092015-122021-042026-07Large speculatorsCommercials

Disaggregated breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Producer/merchant-209,731-14,155
Swap dealers84,856+7,639
Managed money120,246+12,301
Other reportables-6,104-5,402
Small traders10,733-383

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-21661,652114,142+6,899-124,875-6,51610,733
2026-07-14638,102107,243+12,577-118,359-14,05111,116
2026-07-07642,51494,666-4,783-104,308+5,4019,642
2026-06-30630,03599,449-9,726-109,709+8,71710,260
2026-06-23658,976109,175-8,442-118,426+1,9769,251
2026-06-16687,004117,617-4,337-120,402+14,7002,785
2026-06-09690,051121,954-26,485-135,102+20,89213,148
2026-06-02732,813148,439+6,866-155,994-4497,555
2026-05-26717,825141,573-16,534-155,545+17,21113,972
2026-05-19716,142158,107+5-172,756-3,14914,649
2026-05-12704,130158,102-10,785-169,607+13,09911,505
2026-05-05705,664168,887-2,925-182,706+38913,819
2026-04-28709,224171,812+2,731-183,095-1,71511,283
2026-04-21746,951169,081+22,135-181,380-23,72612,299
2026-04-14722,682146,946-1,296-157,654+6,49810,708
2026-04-07730,818148,242+13,685-164,152-15,20315,910
2026-03-31741,746134,557+17,422-148,949-18,39414,392
2026-03-24738,609117,135-2,962-130,555+4,78313,420
2026-03-17729,392120,097+18,346-135,338-20,36015,241
2026-03-10721,541101,751+28,562-114,978-29,19913,227
2026-03-03712,33173,189+3,752-85,779-5,16312,590
2026-02-24717,29969,437+17,466-80,616-17,73611,179
2026-02-17713,79551,971-1,306-62,880+5010,909
2026-02-10695,63153,277+17,370-62,930-22,9779,653
2026-02-03667,85135,907-5,369-39,953+5,6634,046
2026-01-27662,08441,276+36,733-45,616-40,5714,340

Full history, no login: CSV (1986-01-15 → 2026-07-21) · JSON

Contract facts

(CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS)
Contract unit (CFTC)
ZL
Ticker
CBOT
Exchange
007601
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Soybean Oil futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 114,142 contracts in Soybean Oil futures.
How current is this Soybean Oil 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 Soybean Oil COT history?
The full weekly series (1986-01-15 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/soybean-oil.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 007601. Dataset coverage 1986-01-15 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.