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Natural Gas (Henry Hub): futures positioning

CFTC contract market code 023651 · Legacy report, futures only

Report date
22 Sept 2026
Non-commercial net
−216,530contracts
Weekly change
+5,057contracts
Net as % of open interest
−11.8%
3-year percentile
2

Contracts, weekly

Non-commercial net position

-200,000-150,000-100,000-50,0000Sep 2021Dec 2022Mar 2024Jun 2025Sep 2026
Natural Gas (Henry Hub) non-commercial net position, contracts

Blue: net long. Red: net short. Hover or tap for weekly values; the table below lists the latest 12 reports.

Contracts, weekly

Open interest

1,000,0001,200,0001,400,0001,600,0001,800,000Sep 2021Dec 2022Mar 2024Jun 2025Sep 2026
Natural Gas (Henry Hub) open interest, contracts

Latest reports

Report dateOpen interestNon-comm. longNon-comm. shortNetCommercial netStatus
2026-09-221,837,146306,362522,892−216,530+203,524Verified
2026-09-151,820,003307,535529,122−221,587+206,752Verified
2026-09-081,823,243304,203523,970−219,767+201,126Verified
2026-09-011,807,497301,642510,553−208,911+193,432Verified
2026-08-251,747,730313,777511,709−197,932+187,737Verified
2026-08-181,727,378310,806514,309−203,503+188,326Verified
2026-08-111,692,411300,711497,846−197,135+180,677Verified
2026-08-041,705,908287,918485,464−197,546+187,214Verified
2026-07-281,672,441291,343482,142−190,799+179,664Verified
2026-07-211,679,435295,206466,344−171,138+159,102Verified
2026-07-141,663,336287,255465,867−178,612+165,528Verified
2026-07-071,669,775273,556438,863−165,307+149,504Verified

Verified = the published components reconcile to the reported totals (reportable + non-reportable = open interest; non-commercial long + spreading + commercial long = reportable long). Source: CFTC Public Reporting Environment. History shown: 262 weekly reports. Revisions published by the CFTC are stored as new records. Not investment advice. See methodology.