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 44,165 contracts on 31 March 2026, versus 43,123 on 24 March.
Sample. There are 1,034 observations in the weekly series presented in the plot above. The time range covered by the series stretches from June 2006 to March 2026.
History. Here are some summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions were equal on average to 70,283 contracts; they hit a trough of 39,048 on 3 March 2026; they hit a maximum of 123,194 on 6 May 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 52807.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 43123.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 44165.0 |
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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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