WTI Midland Argus Vs WTI Trade 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 20,925 WTI Midland Argus Vs WTI Trade futures contracts (up 0 week-over-week), commercials are net short 9,339, and open interest is 308,411 contracts.

20,925
Large speculators net
-9,339
Commercials net
52.3
COT index (3-year)
308,411
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators20,925+06.8%91.391.952.3
Commercials-9,339-3,555-3.0%16.014.839.6
Small traders-11,586+3,555-3.8%69.562.454.4

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

-16k-8k08k16k24k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-40k-20k020k40k2021-062022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-40k-20k020k40k2018-032019-052020-102022-032023-042024-052025-062026-07Large speculatorsCommercials

Disaggregated breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Producer/merchant131,076-3,641
Swap dealers-140,415+86
Managed money-5,460+0
Other reportables26,385+0
Small traders-11,586+3,555

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
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
2026-03-03272,93616,239+11,686-2,582-13,650-13,657
2026-02-24314,8204,553+5,82511,068-5,291-15,621
2026-02-17308,792-1,272-34516,359-3,365-15,087
2026-02-10299,717-927+84519,724-568-18,797
2026-02-03288,310-1,772+3,10920,292-2,824-18,520
2026-01-27299,572-4,881+58223,116-2,944-18,235

Full history, no login: CSV (2018-03-27 → 2026-07-21) · 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 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 20,925 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 2026-07-21 (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 Midland Argus Vs WTI Trade COT history?
The full weekly series (2018-03-27 to 2026-07-21) 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 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.