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" stood at 232,197 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 242,531 on 22 September.
Sample. There are 770 observations overall in the weekly time series shown in the graph above. The time range covered by the series goes from October 2011 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at some statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 146,798 contracts; they hit a minimum of 16,358 on 18 October 2011; they achieved a maximum of 304,477 on 24 March 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 250296.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 242531.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 232197.0 |
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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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