Below is the Commitments of Traders (COT) report for WTI FINANCIAL CRUDE OIL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (COT legacy report, futures only) with COT charts. This COT report for WTI FINANCIAL CRUDE OIL 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: 202,276 | |||||||
| 52,461 | 23,297 | 14,652 | 109,815 | 118,093 | 176,928 | 156,042 | 25,348 | 46,234 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: +8,329 ) | |||||||
| +6,706 | +768 | +55 | +1,519 | +6,509 | +8,280 | +7,332 | +49 | +997 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 25.9% | 11.5% | 7.2% | 54.3% | 58.4% | 87.5% | 77.1% | 12.5% | 22.9% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 45) | |||||||
| 5 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 37 | 35 | ||