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WTI Midland Argus Vs WTI Trade 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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Bearish lean16/100

WTI Midland Argus Vs WTI Trade positioning leans bearish - commercials selling (26w index 38).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net short and sit in the middle of their 26-week range (COT index 38) - a bearish tilt in the traditional read.

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 16,365 WTI Midland Argus Vs WTI Trade futures contracts (down 4,736 week-over-week), commercials are net short 5,651, and open interest is 311,666 contracts. Managed money was net short 5,460 contracts as of (up 0 week-over-week).

16,365
Large speculators net · 52w
-5,651
Commercials net
43.7
COT index (3-year)
311,666
Open interest
Cite this data 
FuturesBench, "WTI Midland Argus Vs WTI Trade COT Report," data as of 2026-09-01.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/wti-midland-argus-vs-wti-trade/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/wti-midland-argus-vs-wti-trade.csv
Net positions since 2018
-16k-8k08k16k24k2025-092025-102025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-08Large speculatorsCommercials
-40k-20k020k40k2021-082022-052023-022023-102024-072025-042025-122026-09Large speculatorsCommercials
-40k-20k020k40k2018-032019-052020-112022-042023-052024-062025-072026-09Large 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 speculators16,365-4,7365.3%26.476.843.7
Commercials-5,651+879-1.8%38.023.745.9
Small traders-10,714+3,857-3.4%73.866.358.6

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/merchant118,737-10,91838.1%0.015.151.8
Swap dealers-124,388+11,602-39.9%100.067.456.2
Managed money-5,460+0-1.8%0.030.365.9
Other reportables21,825-3,0307.0%44.380.352.2
Small traders-10,714+2,346-3.4%73.866.358.6

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
2026-09-01311,66616,365-4,736-5,651+879-10,714
2026-08-25322,51921,101+1,706-6,530-195-14,571
2026-08-18322,00419,395-1,574-6,335-1,602-13,060
2026-08-11315,47120,969+0-4,733+2,721-16,236
2026-08-04303,87820,969+44-7,454+1,485-13,515
2026-07-28324,33320,925+0-8,939+400-11,986
2026-07-21308,41120,925+0-9,339-3,555-11,586
2026-07-14302,60820,925+0-5,784+9,403-15,141
2026-07-07296,67420,925+0-15,187+320-5,738
2026-06-30287,09620,925-2,462-15,507-10,163-5,418
2026-06-23301,02723,387+1,069-5,344+1,135-18,043
2026-06-16286,72922,318+1,155-6,479-7,551-15,839
2026-06-09279,27121,163-5501,072+1,110-22,235
2026-06-02279,28221,713+2,083-38-2,917-21,675
2026-05-26293,93719,630+02,879+185-22,509
2026-05-19293,69719,630-302,694+4,387-22,324
2026-05-12289,09419,660+1,650-1,693-5,843-17,967
2026-05-05287,55018,010-2,5554,150-899-22,160
2026-04-28302,12720,565+2755,049+2,347-25,614
2026-04-21297,32220,290+6,4502,702-7,720-22,992
2026-04-14291,78713,840-52010,422+4,683-24,262
2026-04-07289,39314,360-3465,739+3,790-20,099
2026-03-31287,26014,706+7071,949-7,273-16,655
2026-03-24303,49413,999-2609,222+1,674-23,221
2026-03-17297,18814,259-2,1007,548+7,280-21,807
2026-03-10283,13316,359+120268+2,850-16,627

Full history, no login: CSV (2018-03-27 → 2026-09-01) · JSON

Contract facts

(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS)
Contract unit (CFTC)
067A71
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short WTI Midland Argus Vs WTI Trade futures?
As of the 2026-09-01 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 16,365 contracts in WTI Midland Argus Vs WTI Trade futures.
How current is this WTI Midland Argus Vs WTI Trade 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 WTI Midland Argus Vs WTI Trade COT history?
The full weekly series (2018-03-27 to 2026-09-01) is free at /data/cot/wti-midland-argus-vs-wti-trade.csv - no login, no cap.

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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 067A71. Dataset coverage 2018-03-27 → 2026-09-01. Methodology.