COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants 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 producers and merchants in crude oil futures of the kind "BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 52,205 contracts on 17 February 2026, versus 51,495 on 10 February 2026.
Sample. There are 738 observations in the weekly time series presented in the plot above. The period covered by the series is from October 2011 to February 2026.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: positions averaged 21,509 contracts; they achieved a maximum of 57,671 on 30 September 2025; they registered a minimum of 498 on 21 February 2012.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 46520.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 51495.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 52205.0 |
Nugget of wisdom. Our metadata often comprise references to the original sources of the time-series data shown on FetchSeries. You can use these references to find additional information.
Not for investment purposes. Content shared on this web site is not intended for investment purposes or other financial decisions. Users should seek expert advice and perform their own independent due diligence before pledging money to any investment.
Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by producers and merchants 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 |
Series in the same data set
Discover the other time series included in this data set.