COT reports: Long 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), long positions held by swap dealers in crude oil futures of the kind "BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 70,288 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 73,920 on 22 September.
Sample. In the weekly series displayed in the chart, there are 770 data points overall. The series covers the span of time extending from October 2011 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at a few summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions averaged 39,682 contracts; they reached a trough of 0 on 1 November 2011; they recorded their highest level of 118,501 on 24 March 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 70490.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 73920.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 70288.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long 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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