CRUDE OIL CAL SPREAD OPTIONS

Name: CRUDE OIL CAL SPREAD OPTIONS — Commitments of Traders
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CRUDE OIL CAL SPREAD OPTIONS - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE · NATURAL RESOURCES · CFTC Code 067657

Latest week — 2026-05-12

Open interest	118,724 contracts
Speculator (non-commercial) long	62,053 (52.3% of OI)
Speculator short	35,443 (29.9% of OI)
Speculator NET	+26,610
Commercial (hedger) long	45,177 (38.1% of OI)
Commercial short	71,824 (60.5% of OI)
Commercial NET	-26,647
Total traders	20

Week-over-week change

Open interest	-1,209
Speculator long	-1,058
Speculator short	-2,162
Commercial long	-157
Commercial short	+868

52-week history

Week	Open Interest	Spec Long	Spec Short	Comm Long	Comm Short
2026-05-12	118,724	62,053	35,443	45,177	71,824
2026-05-05	119,933	63,111	37,605	45,334	70,956
2026-02-17	55,432	1,572	6,656	41,708	37,272
2026-02-10	54,576	1,720	7,698	40,660	35,439
2026-02-03	54,245	1,386	8,660	41,048	34,637
2026-01-27	52,609	1,441	9,632	39,919	32,532
2026-01-20	48,193	1,119	10,145	37,544	29,056
2026-01-13	52,907	1,210	10,537	41,009	32,133
2026-01-06	55,264	746	11,253	42,918	32,599
2024-09-17	32,263	4,061	273	20,684	24,720
2024-08-13	41,896	13,610	872	19,453	32,651
2024-08-06	35,573	10,326	1,124	18,240	27,961
2024-07-30	36,137	10,093	1,084	19,075	28,599
2024-07-23	38,031	11,201	1,087	19,782	30,432
2024-07-16	49,570	16,148	2,790	24,237	38,406
2024-05-14	58,180	6,220	1,531	42,007	46,568
2024-04-16	58,624	9,986	820	35,911	44,976
2024-04-09	58,433	12,912	654	33,438	45,590
2024-02-13	47,531	8,410	480	25,244	33,299
2024-02-06	57,180	8,142	479	32,382	40,208
2023-11-07	76,507	8,300	354	41,504	49,477
2023-10-31	71,460	10,054	508	35,891	45,525
2023-10-24	65,425	11,653	361	32,150	43,558
2023-10-17	69,862	13,104	742	34,932	47,386
2023-10-10	65,885	13,486	736	32,418	45,306
2023-10-03	59,355	13,494	1,099	27,890	40,405
2023-09-26	49,002	16,553	4,607	22,364	34,378
2023-09-19	44,851	16,180	4,488	20,655	32,529
2023-09-12	38,329	6,852	6,594	23,343	23,507
2023-09-05	37,815	6,410	6,792	23,372	22,804
2023-08-15	54,529	10,955	13,383	29,964	27,242
2023-04-18	66,624	305	19,061	53,735	34,641
2023-04-11	59,906	177	16,369	50,203	33,301
2023-04-04	60,364	0	16,767	51,257	33,825
2023-03-28	51,944	2,595	20,205	44,154	25,988
2022-03-08	102,515	41,090	0	46,385	87,442
2022-03-01	98,368	30,991	78	49,300	80,119
2022-02-15	88,436	19,868	169	48,274	68,086
2022-02-08	80,555	16,012	844	45,685	60,884
2022-02-01	79,249	18,186	720	42,875	60,546
2022-01-25	66,406	14,684	688	34,409	48,525
2022-01-18	68,425	17,916	1,165	34,094	50,825
2022-01-11	64,340	10,979	1,753	36,179	45,277
2022-01-04	62,165	7,041	2,895	37,674	41,557
2021-12-28	60,566	7,962	2,304	36,026	41,484
2021-12-21	68,363	6,677	2,953	42,897	46,354
2021-12-14	79,687	7,020	5,445	50,883	52,080
2021-12-07	73,043	15,289	5,497	42,004	51,452
2021-11-30	71,351	18,577	5,436	38,188	51,128
2021-11-23	63,812	21,207	4,248	29,893	46,769
2021-11-16	74,066	22,991	3,063	33,968	53,860
2021-11-09	75,380	23,433	1,655	34,236	55,839

External source

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