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 9,718 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus 11,218 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. There are 751 observations overall in the weekly series presented in the graph above. The time span covered by the series goes from October 2011 to May 2026.
History. Here are a few simple statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions recorded a minimum of 503 contracts on 6 December 2022; they peaked at 21,188 on 10 February 2026; they were equal on average to 7,220.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 10307.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 11218.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 9718.0 |
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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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