CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET-WTI

Name: CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET-WTI — Commitments of Traders
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CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET-WTI - ICE FUTURES EUROPE · NATURAL RESOURCES · CFTC Code 067411

Latest week — 2026-05-12

Open interest	1,223,451 contracts
Speculator (non-commercial) long	93,144 (7.6% of OI)
Speculator short	98,337 (8.0% of OI)
Speculator NET	-5,193
Commercial (hedger) long	713,743 (58.3% of OI)
Commercial short	710,897 (58.1% of OI)
Commercial NET	+2,846
Total traders	123

Week-over-week change

Open interest	+22,502
Speculator long	-13,008
Speculator short	-3,153
Commercial long	+12,139
Commercial short	+3,337

52-week history

Week	Open Interest	Spec Long	Spec Short	Comm Long	Comm Short
2026-05-12	1,223,451	93,144	98,337	713,743	710,897
2026-05-05	1,200,949	106,153	101,490	701,604	707,560
2026-04-28	1,171,190	99,990	99,423	693,639	694,055
2026-04-21	1,129,185	96,688	101,308	670,730	664,193
2026-04-14	1,212,185	96,424	100,253	707,634	703,936
2026-04-07	1,204,296	93,174	102,670	722,574	710,262
2026-03-31	1,184,319	83,097	108,439	724,530	695,386
2026-03-24	1,163,026	81,542	94,292	705,459	691,658
2026-03-17	1,151,559	89,365	100,028	702,024	691,068
2026-03-10	1,172,869	99,007	98,592	700,673	700,003
2026-03-03	1,103,917	119,148	81,883	652,579	690,390
2026-02-24	1,015,808	113,627	86,577	592,952	622,021
2026-02-17	1,023,692	146,134	72,893	562,124	635,983
2026-02-10	1,047,425	149,157	63,265	566,018	652,034
2026-02-03	1,006,849	140,285	67,420	547,239	619,788
2026-01-27	969,550	136,501	72,007	526,952	592,902
2026-01-20	928,289	133,080	70,616	507,436	570,585
2026-01-13	983,239	135,441	73,642	532,483	595,501
2026-01-06	923,512	133,105	64,808	492,675	560,824
2025-12-30	903,507	122,184	60,126	488,892	551,719
2025-12-23	897,060	113,187	61,759	493,335	544,528
2025-12-16	922,973	128,096	62,804	497,488	562,389
2025-12-09	912,947	131,655	58,921	483,882	559,819
2025-12-02	897,924	101,420	66,134	501,548	538,989
2025-11-25	902,112	99,661	72,813	510,596	541,261
2025-11-18	914,957	112,691	71,013	524,528	568,190
2025-11-10	956,332	121,778	66,921	543,011	600,353
2025-11-04	942,201	133,559	66,176	522,587	593,237
2025-10-28	934,401	112,662	64,528	533,325	582,490
2025-10-21	942,261	122,157	65,630	523,444	579,107
2025-10-14	979,642	121,548	61,756	543,486	601,865
2025-10-07	978,260	119,491	66,947	546,188	598,453
2025-09-30	970,932	118,165	57,295	539,959	601,073
2025-09-23	944,313	113,827	60,422	541,577	594,918
2025-09-16	981,587	115,962	61,080	558,019	615,852
2025-09-09	961,032	109,669	64,326	562,486	610,534
2025-09-02	962,736	105,040	73,201	580,482	615,277
2025-08-26	952,601	101,547	73,054	573,242	603,817
2025-08-19	905,687	96,061	79,473	534,329	553,876
2025-08-12	972,300	102,132	83,551	550,964	571,731
2025-08-05	980,503	109,420	86,303	556,949	583,396
2025-07-29	1,004,857	92,006	91,556	586,867	590,512
2025-07-22	962,089	96,006	90,176	563,906	572,080
2025-07-15	1,027,122	93,269	86,114	609,573	619,010
2025-07-08	1,006,819	102,031	90,539	583,994	598,547
2025-07-01	994,607	111,350	86,814	563,623	592,887
2025-06-24	983,312	113,327	87,380	561,533	590,557
2025-06-17	1,029,774	127,146	98,594	589,039	621,162
2025-06-10	958,331	137,201	87,184	530,613	582,886
2025-06-03	961,741	136,750	87,307	533,216	585,368
2025-05-27	925,975	116,731	85,657	530,145	561,792
2025-05-20	899,051	106,364	78,953	522,470	550,739

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