COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in crude oil futures of the kind "WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 1,878,576 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 1,841,811 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 1,060 data points overall in the weekly series shown in the figure above. The series covers the time range going from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at a few statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions averaged 1,740,353 contracts; they attained a maximum of 2,706,454 on 15 May 2018; they reached a trough of 968,619 on 20 June 2006.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 1955764.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 1841811.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 1878576.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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