WTI Houston Argus/WTI Tr Mo 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 78,583 WTI Houston Argus/WTI Tr Mo futures contracts (up 1,891 week-over-week), commercials are net long 84,567, and open interest is 481,037 contracts.

-78,583
Large speculators net
84,567
Commercials net
3.4
COT index (3-year)
481,037
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-78,583+1,891-16.3%3.63.53.4
Commercials84,567-1,52117.6%87.788.088.0
Small traders-5,984-370-1.2%69.968.165.8

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 2018

-80k-40k040k80k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-80k-40k040k80k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-80k-40k040k80k2018-012019-092020-112021-122023-022024-042025-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials

Disaggregated breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Producer/merchant136,845+1,069
Swap dealers-52,278-2,590
Managed money-29,865-335
Other reportables-48,718+2,226
Small traders-5,984-370

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-21481,037-78,583+1,89184,567-1,521-5,984
2026-07-14477,850-80,474-57286,088-7,809-5,614
2026-07-07466,713-79,902+1,74693,897-3,006-13,995
2026-06-30439,255-81,648-22096,903+4,598-15,255
2026-06-23445,346-81,428-12,36492,305+9,865-10,877
2026-06-16413,918-69,064+98182,440-8,075-13,376
2026-06-09422,773-70,045-2,36690,515+9,995-20,470
2026-06-02425,447-67,679-5,65180,520+4,913-12,841
2026-05-26431,968-62,028-6,93075,607+10,249-13,579
2026-05-19423,950-55,098-5,20165,358+4,936-10,260
2026-05-12416,554-49,897-2,49160,422+6,149-10,525
2026-05-05416,668-47,406+13,92254,273-22,522-6,867
2026-04-28448,171-61,328+2,93476,795-2,010-15,467
2026-04-21442,808-64,262-8,46378,805+4,977-14,543
2026-04-14441,992-55,799+35673,828-1,270-18,029
2026-04-07441,973-56,155+1,40575,098-1,933-18,943
2026-03-31437,026-57,560+4,95777,031+3,160-19,471
2026-03-24464,463-62,517+6,74573,871-6,081-11,354
2026-03-17461,484-69,262-6,82579,952+7,612-10,690
2026-03-10445,381-62,437-16,89872,340+14,828-9,903
2026-03-03456,781-45,539-16,59457,512+25,802-11,973
2026-02-24492,842-28,945-20,25631,710+20,175-2,765
2026-02-17479,950-8,689+611,535+819-2,846
2026-02-10475,758-8,695-4,37110,716+5,630-2,021
2026-02-03462,939-4,324-7,3645,086+8,371-762
2026-01-27487,5993,040-2,606-3,285+1,967245

Full history, no login: CSV (2018-01-16 → 2026-07-21) · JSON

Contract facts

(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS)
Contract unit (CFTC)
0676A5
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short WTI Houston Argus/WTI Tr Mo futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 78,583 contracts in WTI Houston Argus/WTI Tr Mo futures.
How current is this WTI Houston Argus/WTI Tr Mo 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 WTI Houston Argus/WTI Tr Mo COT history?
The full weekly series (2018-01-16 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/wti-houston-argus-wti-tr-mo.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 0676A5. Dataset coverage 2018-01-16 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.