COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders 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), long positions held by all reporting traders in crude oil futures of the kind "BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 244,262 contracts on 18 August 2026, versus 223,297 on 11 August 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 764 observations in total. The series covers the time period extending from October 2011 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some simple statistics we computed on the full sample: positions recorded a bottom of 16,358 contracts on 18 October 2011; they achieved a maximum of 304,477 on 24 March 2026; they averaged 146,013.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 209360.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 223297.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 244262.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by all reporting traders 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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