WTI-BRENT SPREAD OPTION

Name: WTI-BRENT SPREAD OPTION — Commitments of Traders
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WTI-BRENT SPREAD OPTION - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE · NATURAL RESOURCES · CFTC Code 06765Z

Latest week — 2025-04-22

Open interest	11,326 contracts
Speculator (non-commercial) long	820 (7.2% of OI)
Speculator short	1,889 (16.7% of OI)
Speculator NET	-1,069
Commercial (hedger) long	8,892 (78.5% of OI)
Commercial short	7,914 (69.9% of OI)
Commercial NET	+978
Total traders	21

Week-over-week change

Open interest	-404
Speculator long	+60
Speculator short	-7
Commercial long	-151
Commercial short	-59

52-week history

Week	Open Interest	Spec Long	Spec Short	Comm Long	Comm Short
2025-04-22	11,326	820	1,889	8,892	7,914
2025-04-15	11,731	760	1,896	9,043	7,974
2025-04-08	11,839	386	2,309	9,432	7,879
2025-02-25	16,955	901	2,614	13,638	12,171
2025-02-18	17,781	955	2,796	14,282	12,692
2025-02-11	19,557	1,037	3,107	15,834	14,022
2025-01-28	22,555	837	3,238	19,202	17,127
2025-01-21	23,178	865	4,430	20,341	17,041
2022-10-25	72,598	1,944	15,286	47,469	34,207
2022-10-18	70,975	1,281	13,169	46,134	34,352
2022-10-11	64,840	447	10,389	41,785	31,928
2022-10-04	62,511	429	10,396	40,434	30,541
2022-09-27	68,759	1,032	10,493	45,496	36,175
2022-09-20	64,579	519	8,863	42,238	34,003
2022-09-13	60,667	620	7,040	39,085	32,845
2022-09-06	61,739	502	8,329	40,847	33,101
2022-08-30	63,445	500	9,623	42,657	33,569
2022-08-23	65,521	1,116	10,534	44,162	34,733
2022-08-16	66,603	751	11,396	45,469	34,821
2022-08-09	68,143	987	12,457	46,888	35,418
2022-08-02	72,152	1,146	14,163	50,142	37,141
2022-07-26	80,736	1,955	15,844	54,082	40,117
2022-07-19	73,807	1,377	12,460	48,530	37,399
2022-07-12	75,147	872	11,775	48,718	37,744
2022-07-05	73,009	880	11,759	47,630	36,678
2022-06-28	57,681	376	14,894	42,084	27,482
2022-06-21	54,906	411	12,723	38,657	26,214
2022-04-26	59,135	0	15,322	42,824	27,274
2022-04-19	61,562	534	14,547	44,469	30,244
2022-04-12	60,963	37	14,190	43,802	29,565
2022-04-05	63,389	1,220	14,786	46,042	32,379
2022-03-29	68,210	1,631	16,267	49,519	34,793
2022-03-22	69,022	1,555	18,072	51,391	34,743
2022-03-15	69,832	1,148	18,798	51,735	33,960
2022-03-08	78,765	2,296	21,345	59,519	40,261
2022-03-01	66,920	1,135	19,342	50,492	32,294
2022-02-22	60,724	360	19,238	45,975	27,109
2022-02-15	58,934	477	18,299	43,623	25,816
2022-02-08	59,397	573	18,476	43,466	25,577
2022-02-01	59,279	636	19,514	44,111	25,249
2022-01-25	60,636	1,216	21,384	45,345	24,973
2022-01-18	60,792	1,453	22,388	45,907	24,986
2022-01-11	56,937	2,243	22,411	42,288	22,133
2022-01-04	58,823	2,615	22,565	42,958	23,047
2021-12-28	62,729	2,899	23,201	45,421	25,135
2021-12-21	65,154	2,959	23,091	46,504	26,385
2021-12-14	70,257	4,109	23,754	48,944	29,381
2021-12-07	68,326	4,186	23,847	48,709	29,250
2021-10-26	59,217	2,627	25,514	46,295	23,558
2021-10-19	57,347	2,356	26,621	45,934	21,821
2021-10-12	58,751	2,025	27,149	47,563	22,454
2021-10-05	57,491	1,782	23,956	45,447	23,364

External source

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