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WTI Crude Oil: futures positioning

CFTC contract market code 067651 · Legacy report, futures only

Report date
22 Sept 2026
Non-commercial net
+141,106contracts
Weekly change
+5,201contracts
Net as % of open interest
+7.7%
3-year percentile
29

Contracts, weekly

Non-commercial net position

0100,000200,000300,000400,000Sep 2021Dec 2022Mar 2024Jun 2025Sep 2026
WTI Crude Oil 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

1,400,0001,600,0001,800,0002,000,0002,200,000Sep 2021Dec 2022Mar 2024Jun 2025Sep 2026
WTI Crude Oil open interest, contracts

Latest reports

Report dateOpen interestNon-comm. longNon-comm. shortNetCommercial netStatus
2026-09-221,841,811360,810219,704+141,106−169,889Verified
2026-09-151,955,764371,202235,297+135,905−164,858Verified
2026-09-081,939,911350,118213,539+136,579−166,185Verified
2026-09-011,921,085332,448202,537+129,911−156,005Verified
2026-08-251,906,740323,243199,794+123,449−156,246Verified
2026-08-181,888,960320,159198,069+122,090−153,087Verified
2026-08-111,892,429314,846215,650+99,196−129,637Verified
2026-08-041,886,816308,841196,398+112,443−153,775Verified
2026-07-281,859,795314,992194,884+120,108−158,822Verified
2026-07-211,864,487310,182228,493+81,689−108,601Verified
2026-07-141,875,496302,429239,746+62,683−85,088Verified
2026-07-071,905,761317,773242,024+75,749−104,622Verified

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.