COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders 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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in crude oil futures of the kind "WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 44,111 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 44,908 on 11 August.
Sample. There are 1,054 observations overall in the weekly series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the span of time going from June 2006 to August 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics computed on the whole sample: positions peaked at 123,194 contracts on 6 May 2008; they reached their lowest level of 38,979 on 4 August 2026; they had a mean value of 69,851.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 38979.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 44908.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 44111.0 |
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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: WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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