NAT GAS NYME

Name: NAT GAS NYME — Commitments of Traders
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NAT GAS NYME - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE · NATURAL RESOURCES · CFTC Code 023651

Latest week — 2026-05-12

Open interest	1,641,104 contracts
Speculator (non-commercial) long	241,776 (14.7% of OI)
Speculator short	419,046 (25.5% of OI)
Speculator NET	-177,270
Commercial (hedger) long	591,349 (36.0% of OI)
Commercial short	431,958 (26.3% of OI)
Commercial NET	+159,391
Total traders	312

Week-over-week change

Open interest	+1,048
Speculator long	+4,404
Speculator short	+13,832
Commercial long	+10,736
Commercial short	+4,898

52-week history

Week	Open Interest	Spec Long	Spec Short	Comm Long	Comm Short
2026-05-12	1,641,104	241,776	419,046	591,349	431,958
2026-05-05	1,640,055	237,373	405,214	580,614	427,059
2026-04-28	1,588,956	231,540	399,505	565,436	413,655
2026-04-21	1,591,158	241,347	412,823	559,807	407,348
2026-04-14	1,599,878	235,021	425,425	572,337	399,018
2026-04-07	1,570,957	212,633	398,526	574,202	411,328
2026-03-31	1,525,975	204,257	373,256	566,455	417,374
2026-03-24	1,520,594	210,098	385,466	565,867	411,332
2026-03-17	1,577,306	217,186	396,730	595,880	437,758
2026-03-10	1,584,208	208,635	397,035	608,138	443,487
2026-03-03	1,621,447	211,297	418,957	610,196	425,387
2026-02-24	1,630,910	201,067	401,231	607,179	423,087
2026-02-17	1,633,915	205,107	392,924	618,907	442,761
2026-02-10	1,643,074	207,831	380,676	602,348	442,316
2026-02-03	1,676,452	215,300	388,205	622,010	458,402
2026-01-27	1,646,811	216,359	379,797	602,112	449,829
2026-01-20	1,636,626	242,241	436,290	606,996	424,824
2026-01-13	1,652,342	270,704	459,277	605,081	430,373
2026-01-06	1,610,205	252,687	421,351	588,370	432,484
2025-12-30	1,545,577	221,450	377,418	560,554	415,407
2025-12-23	1,575,569	231,043	388,684	564,248	415,566
2025-12-16	1,592,965	215,575	346,725	557,353	439,087
2025-12-09	1,564,010	210,603	317,953	533,307	448,058
2025-12-02	1,535,955	208,920	335,474	540,336	427,237
2025-11-25	1,504,302	202,453	341,606	528,785	403,173
2025-11-18	1,522,819	215,514	352,434	530,597	408,768
2025-11-10	1,548,544	219,075	358,432	549,637	424,831
2025-11-04	1,587,905	239,436	380,130	557,642	430,264
2025-10-28	1,639,227	252,410	398,294	564,935	425,740
2025-10-21	1,697,865	268,123	425,795	571,032	420,215
2025-10-14	1,689,162	259,078	413,801	551,193	406,727
2025-10-07	1,653,078	258,296	399,408	527,893	392,959
2025-09-30	1,669,212	270,660	395,971	521,250	403,029
2025-09-23	1,646,354	278,916	410,332	526,387	403,969
2025-09-16	1,655,846	283,931	395,409	522,145	417,517
2025-09-09	1,647,371	282,922	378,303	504,658	421,119
2025-09-02	1,650,508	283,940	387,979	506,392	416,680
2025-08-26	1,633,747	281,397	388,015	509,924	420,460
2025-08-19	1,627,068	276,887	387,465	507,799	415,986
2025-08-12	1,641,970	289,808	392,733	510,979	429,065
2025-08-05	1,629,552	272,358	370,171	518,146	439,700
2025-07-29	1,571,074	272,560	361,033	507,928	438,162
2025-07-22	1,552,964	264,611	347,093	499,140	436,188
2025-07-15	1,575,124	274,535	350,404	500,459	440,240
2025-07-08	1,543,718	255,180	345,902	487,690	418,529
2025-07-01	1,522,714	251,221	346,033	491,817	418,657
2025-06-24	1,518,525	236,656	332,540	492,718	416,271
2025-06-17	1,556,519	241,639	332,959	523,156	446,884
2025-06-10	1,565,051	241,759	351,690	519,133	423,324
2025-06-03	1,526,697	227,274	332,186	517,199	425,405
2025-05-27	1,488,916	196,467	325,776	535,893	420,029
2025-05-20	1,526,319	203,763	319,427	541,270	436,410

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