WTI CRUDE OIL 1ST LINE

Name: WTI CRUDE OIL 1ST LINE — Commitments of Traders
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WTI CRUDE OIL 1ST LINE - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV · NATURAL RESOURCES · CFTC Code 06741Q

Latest week — 2026-05-12

Open interest	39,048 contracts
Speculator (non-commercial) long	5,019 (12.9% of OI)
Speculator short	4,577 (11.7% of OI)
Speculator NET	+442
Commercial (hedger) long	25,802 (66.1% of OI)
Commercial short	26,548 (68.0% of OI)
Commercial NET	-746
Total traders	20

Week-over-week change

Open interest	+1,987
Speculator long	+502
Speculator short	+1,343
Commercial long	+1,457
Commercial short	+619

52-week history

Week	Open Interest	Spec Long	Spec Short	Comm Long	Comm Short
2026-05-12	39,048	5,019	4,577	25,802	26,548
2026-05-05	37,061	4,518	3,234	24,345	25,929
2026-04-28	41,815	5,185	1,728	26,701	30,359
2026-04-21	38,402	5,403	1,786	24,189	28,025
2026-04-14	35,903	5,174	1,927	22,040	25,693
2026-04-07	35,928	5,189	1,941	21,540	25,346
2026-03-31	38,890	7,259	2,259	17,752	25,188
2026-03-24	38,253	7,328	2,345	23,021	27,666
2026-03-17	34,974	6,621	2,239	16,617	20,042
2026-03-10	33,885	6,138	1,564	17,133	20,534
2022-06-07	72,114	16,050	10,354	16,043	20,898
2021-12-28	58,859	11,146	772	27,411	34,615
2021-11-30	58,048	19,062	454	21,152	36,009
2021-10-26	72,071	26,209	2,805	26,782	46,117
2021-10-19	72,631	26,275	2,708	26,921	46,465
2021-10-12	73,323	26,458	2,544	27,098	46,932
2021-10-05	72,382	25,108	2,437	27,242	45,792
2021-09-28	76,865	26,099	2,666	29,941	49,115
2021-09-21	77,682	26,314	1,805	29,558	50,019
2021-07-27	86,965	24,681	1,384	35,915	54,604
2021-07-20	90,845	24,951	755	37,410	57,174
2021-07-13	86,528	24,746	1,560	35,122	53,721
2021-07-06	86,521	24,800	1,213	34,355	53,451
2021-06-29	95,880	32,405	1,805	37,299	61,112
2021-06-22	82,508	32,788	1,012	25,747	50,555
2021-03-30	92,010	44,282	1,545	18,657	53,520
2020-12-29	95,858	47,777	992	22,241	59,430
2020-12-21	97,459	47,843	823	22,903	60,269
2020-12-15	97,771	47,971	752	23,010	60,526
2020-12-08	95,452	48,272	773	21,653	59,457
2020-11-24	98,591	51,586	2,053	22,532	63,138
2020-11-17	95,670	51,525	2,234	21,250	61,502
2020-09-29	111,138	58,188	1,216	27,961	75,998
2020-09-22	110,676	58,037	1,305	27,892	75,797
2020-09-15	111,266	58,446	1,319	27,931	76,135
2020-09-08	114,131	58,729	1,373	29,479	77,810
2020-08-25	126,747	58,415	2,197	36,951	84,184
2020-08-18	124,794	58,426	2,043	36,666	84,032
2020-07-28	125,858	48,859	1,784	39,523	82,049
2020-07-21	112,974	44,999	1,748	32,378	71,113
2020-07-14	106,225	44,636	1,612	28,154	67,122
2020-07-07	104,554	43,985	1,562	27,700	66,033
2020-06-30	104,774	26,642	2,250	28,730	65,363

External source

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