COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in crude oil futures: WTI-PHYSICAL - 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 "WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 85,626 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 91,319 on 12 May.
Sample. There are 1,041 observations overall in the weekly series presented in the figure above. The series covers the time range extending from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics computed on the full sample: positions averaged 158,158 contracts; they reached a minimum of 34,738 on 15 April 2025; they reached their highest level of 319,892 on 1 June 2010.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 100020.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 91319.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 85626.0 |
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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: WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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