CFTC COT | July 19, 2010

Correction of last week's report

Please find attached an updated version of last week’s CFTC Commitments of Traders Report. The tables that we distributed last week included an error in the w-o-w change of net length in WTI positions. We apologize for any inconvenience.


CFTC COT | July 16, 2010

July 16, 2010

Please find attached stats and charts detailing investor positions in WTI , natural gas, heating oil, and RBOB , as indicated by the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders report. We focus on non-commercial positions as well as the money manager positions in the CFTC’s newer disaggregated report. By and large, investors exited the commodities space again during the week ending July 13. In WTI , non-commercial net longs came back up after hitting their lowest point in a year last week. Net lon.....


CFTC COT | July 09, 2010

July 09, 2010

Please find attached stats and charts detailing investor positions in WTI , natural gas, heating oil, and RBOB , as indicated by the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders report. We focus on non-commercial positions as well as the money manager positions in the CFTC’s newer disagreggated report. By and large, investors exited the commodities space during the week ending July 6. In WTI , non-commercial net longs hit their lowest point in a year. Net longs dropped by 31k to 43k in futures only.....


CFTC COT | July 02, 2010

July 02, 2010

Please find attached stats and charts detailing the latest CFTC report’s data regarding non-commercial and money manager positions in WTI , natural gas, heating oil, and RBOB . Non-commercial net longs in WTI declined 11.5k in futures only and 14.8k in futures and options combined, as traders reduced long positions while increasing shorts (aggregating futures and swaps). At 129k (fut, swaps, and options), the non-commercial net long position is at its lowest point since Sep09. Non-commer.....


CFTC COT | June 25, 2010

June 25, 2010

Please find attached stats and charts detailing non-commercial net long positions for WTI , natural gas, heating oil, and RBOB as indicated by the CFTC’s Commitments of Traders report. Net longs in WTI fell -2.4k in futures only to 86k and -18k to 152k in futures and options combined ( NYMEX futures, NYMEX swaps, and ICE swaps), with slightly larger declines among money managers. Net length in natural gas declined as well, falling by 9.4k to 130k in futures and options combined ( NYM.....


CFTC COT | June 18, 2010

June 18, 2010

Please find attached a summary detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report. The PDF file includes stats and graphs regarding non-commercial net length for WTI crude oil, natural gas, RBOB , and heating oil for the week ending June 15. In WTI , non-commercial net length increased by 28.8k contracts to 88.4k in futures only and by 24.8k to 170.8k in futures and options combined (summing NYMEX futures and swaps with ICE swaps). Looking to the disaggregated data, money mana.....


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.....