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.....
CFTC COT
| July 10, 2009
July 10, 2009
Today’s CFTC Commitment of Traders Report for the week ending July 7th, shows that WTI Crude Oil non-commercial net length declined by 20k contracts (19%) in futures and options combined to 82k contracts of net length, the lowest level since reaching 75k contracts for the week ending May 12th. Total open interest remained mostly unchanged in futures only at 1.16m contracts, but increased by 56k contracts (2%) to 2.59m contracts in futures and options combined. In petroleum products, net l.....