COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in crude oil futures: BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Crude oil futures COT reports (CFTC)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in crude oil futures of the kind "BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 16,003 contracts on 31 March 2026, compared to 18,373 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. The weekly time series plotted above has 744 data points. The series covers the time period going from October 2011 to March 2026.
History. Take a look at a few simple statistics calculated on the full sample: positions reached a trough of 503 contracts on 6 December 2022; they recorded a maximum of 21,188 on 10 February 2026; they averaged 7,173.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 15320.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 18373.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 16003.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in crude oil futures |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of contracts |
| Source | Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain information |
| Other information | Specific future: BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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