Below is the Commitments of Traders (COT) report for CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET-WTI - ICE FUTURES EUROPE (COT legacy report, futures only) with COT charts. This COT report for CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET-WTI is as of 2026-08-18. COT reports are released each Friday (except for U.S. holidays) by the CFTC. Each COT report release includes data from the previous Tuesday.
| Non-Commercial | Commercial | Total | Non-Reportable | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long | Short | Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short |
| (CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS) | Open Interest: 815,351 | |||||||
| 72,230 | 89,681 | 219,112 | 508,879 | 494,192 | 800,221 | 802,985 | 15,130 | 12,366 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: +18,193 ) | |||||||
| -3,892 | +7,226 | +6,450 | +18,209 | +7,785 | +20,767 | +21,461 | -2,574 | -3,268 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 8.9% | 11.0% | 26.9% | 62.4% | 60.6% | 98.1% | 98.5% | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 117) | |||||||
| 18 | 36 | 48 | 53 | 51 | 104 | 104 | ||