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" stood at 115,012 contracts on 31 March 2026, compared to 112,375 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. There are 1,034 records in the weekly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time range stretching from June 2006 to March 2026.
History. Take a look at a few summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean of 158,529 contracts; they recorded their highest level of 319,892 on 1 June 2010; they reached a trough of 34,738 on 15 April 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 128442.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 112375.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 115012.0 |
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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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