CFTC COT
| June 11, 2010
June 11, 2010
Please find attached stats and charts detailing non-commercial positions in WTI , natural gas, heating oil, and RBOB , as indicated by this week’s CFTC Commitments of Traders report. The last page also summarizes inflows and outflows from commodity index funds. Non-commercial net long WTI positions dropped 12k to 60k in futures only, but fell only marginally by 3.5k to 146k in futures and options combined (aggregating NYMEX futures and swaps with ICE swaps). Money manager net longs i.....
CFTC COT
| June 04, 2010
June 04, 2010
There was an error in “ WTI crude Non-commercial table” in the last report. Attached is the correct report. Sorry for any inconvenience! Please find attached stats and graphs detailing the latest CFTC Commitment of Traders report for WTI , natural gas, RBOB , and heating oil. There will be no commentary today. Regards,
CFTC COT
| May 28, 2010
May 28, 2010
Please find attached a detailed summary and charts depicting data from the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the week ending May 25. Non-commercial traders continued to reduce their net long position by 15.3k contracts to 77.1k in futures only and by 13.5k contracts to 147k in futures and options combined (down from 219k three weeks ago). Net longs in RBOB dropped another 18.7k to 37k (futures and options), down from 72k three weeks ago. Non-commercial traders both reduced th.....
CFTC COT
| May 21, 2010
May 21, 2010
Please find attached the latest summary of the CFTC’s Commitments of Traders report as well as estimates of index inflows for the week ending May 18. Aggregating futures and swaps, non-commercials decreased their net long WTI position by 24k to 92k in futures only and by 33k to 161k in futures and options combined. The decrease in net length was primarily due to the increase of short positions rather than a decrease in long positions. Money managers decreased their net long position by 47k t.....
CFTC COT
| May 14, 2010
May 14, 2010
Please find attached a summary of the this week’s CFTC Commitment of Traders report for major energy markets. The week ending May 11 was marked by a large exit from net long positions by money managers in WTI , RBOB , and heating oil markets as the petroleum complex plummeted(see attached PDF file for details). For NYMEX WTI , the non-commercial net long position dropped by 17k to 93k contracts in futures only and by 21k to 170k futures and options. Net long product positions fell eve.....
CFTC COT
| August 28, 2009
August 28, 2009
Please find attached a summary of the latest CFTC Commitment of Traders Report for WTI , Natural Gas, RBOB and Heating Oil.
CFTC COT
| August 20, 2009
Small Steps on the Road to Regulatory Reform
TODAY WAS A BIG DAY FOR REGULATORY REFORM IN THE US AND MORE BROADLY INTERNATIONALLY. Three separate steps were taken that move forward the agenda of the Obama Administration for financial regulatory reform. US regulator CFTC and UK regulator FSA announced a new agreement providing for more granular oversight of trading on both the NYMEX and ICE related to trades of look-alike contracts on the ICE electronic exchange and that enables regulators of each exchange direct access to exchanges in ea… .......
CFTC COT
| July 31, 2009
July 31, 2009
Please find attached a summary of the latest CFTC Commitment of Traders Report. The net non-commercial long position in WTI grew by 2.4k to 4.6k in futures and by 4.8k to 77.4k in futures and options combined as both long and short positions increased. The net non-commercial short position in natural gas grew by 2.5k to 161k in futures and by 2k to 74.6k in futures and options combined. Meanwhile, the net long position in RBOB futures gained 12.2k to 54.2k and in HO 7.1k to reach 29......
CFTC COT
| July 24, 2009
July 24, 2009
Please find attached a summary of today’s CFTC Commitment of Traders Report. The non-commercial net long WTI position is now negligible for futures, dropping to 2.2k from 16.2k last week as short positions increased by 11.6k. The net long position in futures and options, however, is more substantial at 72.6k contracts, down from 82.3k last week. Not too much change in the net short non-commercial position in natural gas, dropping from 165k contracts to 158.4 in futures and from 74k to 72.....
CFTC COT
| July 17, 2009
July 17, 2009
Today’s CFTC Commitment of Traders Report indicated little change in net non-commercial positions in WTI . Net length in futures only grew by just 800 lots to 16k while net length in futures and options combined increased by just 412 to 82k with both short and long positions growing by roughly the same amount. Non-commercial players reduced their long and short positions in natural gasincreased their net short position in natural gas by 4k to 164k contracts in futures and by nearly 5k to 74.....