COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other 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), compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in crude oil futures of the kind "BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 86,810 contracts on 27 January 2026, compared to 84,940 on 20 January.
Sample. There are 735 observations overall in the weekly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time range extending from October 2011 to January 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions had a mean of 39,093 contracts; they reached a minimum of 1,233 on 20 March 2012; they recorded their highest level of 88,473 on 30 December 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | 84030.0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 84940.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 86810.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by other 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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