# CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET-WTI — Commitments of Traders

Latest report: 2026-05-12
Market: CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET-WTI - ICE FUTURES EUROPE
Commodity group: NATURAL RESOURCES

## Latest positions (2026-05-12)

- Open interest: 1,223,451 contracts
- Speculator long: 93,144 (7.6% of OI)
- Speculator short: 98,337 (8.0% of OI)
- Speculator NET: -5,193
- Commercial 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

- Change in open interest: +22,502
- Change in speculator long: -13,008
- Change in speculator short: -3,153
- Change in commercial long: +12,139
- Change in commercial short: +3,337

## 52-week history (most recent first)

| 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 |

## Source

- CFTC Public Reports: https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/Public-Reports/Commitments-of-Traders-Public-Reporting-API/jun7-fc8e