WTI-PHYSICAL

Name: WTI-PHYSICAL — Commitments of Traders
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE · NATURAL RESOURCES · CFTC Code 067651

Latest week — 2026-05-12

Open interest	3,032,488 contracts
Speculator (non-commercial) long	407,823 (13.4% of OI)
Speculator short	146,173 (4.8% of OI)
Speculator NET	+261,650
Commercial (hedger) long	1,225,158 (40.4% of OI)
Commercial short	1,518,650 (50.1% of OI)
Commercial NET	-293,492
Total traders	372

Week-over-week change

Open interest	+22,983
Speculator long	-12,953
Speculator short	+3,406
Commercial long	+31,907
Commercial short	+14,059

52-week history

Week	Open Interest	Spec Long	Spec Short	Comm Long	Comm Short
2026-05-12	3,032,488	407,823	146,173	1,225,158	1,518,650
2026-05-05	3,009,504	420,776	142,767	1,193,250	1,504,591
2026-04-28	2,893,767	425,885	140,824	1,134,210	1,452,354
2026-04-21	2,804,594	417,652	131,428	1,089,730	1,415,255
2026-04-14	3,085,567	437,256	145,490	1,164,708	1,502,615
2026-04-07	3,128,586	435,481	133,459	1,176,566	1,511,502
2026-03-31	3,039,583	436,563	122,746	1,142,495	1,492,807
2026-03-24	2,952,171	429,790	104,825	1,099,331	1,463,210
2026-03-17	3,011,766	430,764	118,780	1,103,012	1,463,962
2026-03-10	3,138,821	402,804	101,316	1,080,434	1,436,639
2026-03-03	2,889,103	362,058	114,089	1,034,193	1,336,047
2026-02-24	2,724,561	358,603	117,639	983,955	1,273,411
2026-02-17	2,577,058	324,830	125,060	983,604	1,228,480
2026-02-10	2,680,183	311,656	129,877	999,171	1,222,597
2026-02-03	2,688,721	311,144	125,167	1,024,154	1,242,254
2026-01-27	2,585,126	298,732	137,078	972,470	1,155,334
2026-01-20	2,438,338	293,495	147,960	933,200	1,098,775
2026-01-13	2,533,712	286,722	163,268	974,854	1,106,841
2026-01-06	2,382,115	263,154	155,822	928,274	1,052,237
2025-12-30	2,295,914	266,833	151,847	904,151	1,026,539
2025-12-23	2,267,166	269,737	154,028	896,857	1,016,428
2025-12-16	2,322,931	277,466	171,817	911,293	1,040,208
2025-12-09	2,308,356	262,567	155,883	923,762	1,054,554
2025-12-02	2,335,339	275,810	177,703	973,735	1,084,602
2025-11-25	2,314,741	282,468	177,636	967,994	1,087,223
2025-11-18	2,242,146	276,039	161,010	949,144	1,076,366
2025-11-10	2,390,711	255,248	144,151	963,955	1,088,755
2025-11-04	2,409,632	260,967	138,548	968,386	1,102,472
2025-10-28	2,375,562	270,847	155,999	959,017	1,088,228
2025-10-21	2,468,711	274,103	184,631	985,710	1,094,972
2025-10-14	2,595,395	273,390	174,488	1,045,404	1,169,775
2025-10-07	2,492,297	273,040	155,866	1,004,475	1,148,534
2025-09-30	2,469,965	267,273	126,318	992,980	1,167,050
2025-09-23	2,358,166	270,949	124,324	948,551	1,111,470
2025-09-16	2,452,877	281,939	136,332	958,555	1,120,733
2025-09-09	2,439,460	276,285	150,896	953,121	1,101,130
2025-09-02	2,462,489	298,737	146,417	949,256	1,121,304
2025-08-26	2,385,071	302,340	146,428	904,506	1,083,908
2025-08-19	2,399,868	305,372	139,159	924,081	1,112,769
2025-08-12	2,570,247	293,747	122,315	977,744	1,177,640
2025-08-05	2,598,545	309,668	112,202	977,515	1,206,059
2025-07-29	2,592,528	319,269	112,377	988,402	1,219,367
2025-07-22	2,529,772	310,466	107,460	994,309	1,229,070
2025-07-15	2,698,109	311,500	100,702	1,025,662	1,264,832
2025-07-08	2,628,528	331,090	77,745	966,390	1,248,108
2025-07-01	2,621,571	351,255	71,231	940,377	1,252,342
2025-06-24	2,625,515	354,689	82,121	936,380	1,250,672
2025-06-17	2,607,787	349,739	88,039	1,001,454	1,291,864
2025-06-10	2,575,353	335,954	106,356	953,643	1,193,301
2025-06-03	2,552,248	329,956	126,207	929,294	1,141,441
2025-05-27	2,472,198	319,456	124,397	916,129	1,117,881
2025-05-20	2,377,361	328,606	113,642	885,144	1,102,177

External source

CFTC Public Reports — Legacy COT (Futures and Options Combined)

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