COT reports: Short positions held by non-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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in crude oil futures of the kind "BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 8,083 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 6,985 on 22 September.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are a total of 770 data points. The time span covered by the series goes from October 2011 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions hit a maximum of 15,101 contracts on 17 March 2015; they recorded a bottom of 2,447 on 6 March 2012; they averaged 6,662.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 7709.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 6985.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 8083.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-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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