Sugar No. 11 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 short 64,490 Sugar No. 11 futures contracts (down 2,345 week-over-week), commercials are net long 60,615, and open interest is 1,015,444 contracts.

-64,490
Large speculators net
60,615
Commercials net
38.0
COT index (3-year)
1,015,444
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-64,490-2,345-6.4%97.397.338.0
Commercials60,615+2,3526.0%5.15.163.6
Small traders3,875-70.4%65.565.537.0

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

-300k-200k-100k0100k200k300k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-400k-300k-200k-100k0100k200k300k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-400k-300k-200k-100k0100k200k300k1986-011994-122000-032005-062010-092015-122021-032026-06Large speculatorsCommercials

Disaggregated breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Producer/merchant-126,548+4,630
Swap dealers187,163-2,278
Managed money-102,682+135
Other reportables38,192-2,480
Small traders3,875-7

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-211,015,444-64,490-2,34560,615+2,3523,875
2026-07-141,000,488-62,145-2,87258,263+2,8483,882
2026-07-07997,547-59,273+37,45755,415-38,3023,858
2026-06-30992,340-96,730+37,69293,717-43,3943,013
2026-06-231,007,082-134,422-17,726137,111+17,272-2,689
2026-06-161,010,191-116,696-11,638119,839+13,424-3,143
2026-06-091,009,892-105,058+2,105106,415-284-1,357
2026-06-02979,429-107,163-27,413106,699+28,407464
2026-05-26967,447-79,750-84178,292+6,8471,458
2026-05-19970,925-78,909+18,50971,445-14,6147,464
2026-05-12961,423-97,418-1,89986,059+1,08511,359
2026-05-05969,640-95,519+48,43284,974-50,31510,545
2026-04-28972,678-143,951+11,890135,289-17,5548,662
2026-04-21978,152-155,841-20,872152,843+19,4012,998
2026-04-14946,729-134,969-64,216133,442+66,1881,527
2026-04-07924,257-70,753-5,63667,254+17,6173,499
2026-03-31927,493-65,117+30,68749,637-26,69215,480
2026-03-24940,662-95,804+111,95176,329-123,73919,475
2026-03-171,005,609-207,755+1,000200,068-6,5967,687
2026-03-101,035,892-208,755+36,279206,664-44,6552,091
2026-03-031,048,631-245,034+1,089251,319-8,420-6,285
2026-02-241,054,389-246,123+7,469259,739-6,085-13,616
2026-02-171,099,675-253,592-18,191265,824+7,415-12,232
2026-02-101,095,771-235,401-25,112258,409+22,375-23,008
2026-02-031,059,582-210,289-42,536236,034+59,281-25,745
2026-01-271,006,304-167,753+10,595176,753-13,477-9,000

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

Contract facts

(CONTRACTS OF 112,000 POUNDS)
Contract unit (CFTC)
SB
Ticker
ICE US
Exchange
080732
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Sugar No. 11 futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 64,490 contracts in Sugar No. 11 futures.
How current is this Sugar No. 11 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 Sugar No. 11 COT history?
The full weekly series (1986-01-15 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/sugar.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 080732. Dataset coverage 1986-01-15 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.