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Brent Crude Oil COT Positioning

As of Oct 6, 2026, commercial hedgers are net long at +28,024 contracts and trimmed their position by +4,595 week over week.

Latest: Oct 6, 2026
Coverage: Oct 19, 2021 - Oct 6, 2026
Weeks: 260

Commercial net

+28,024

Net long

Week over week

-4,595

Trimmed

Large specs

-32,009

Retail

+3,985

Percentile

56th

Of its own history

Net positioning

Commercials vs large speculators

260 weeks

Recent weeks

Week	Commercial net	Large spec net	Retail net
Oct 6, 2026	+28,024	-32,009	+3,985
Sep 29, 2026	+32,619	-35,663	+3,044
Sep 22, 2026	+42,183	-44,185	+2,002
Sep 15, 2026	+37,915	-40,629	+2,714

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BRENT commercial and large speculator net positioning from Oct 19, 2021 to Oct 6, 2026, with a 10th-90th percentile band
Week	Commercial net	Large spec net
2021-10-19	23413	-28018
2021-10-26	12648	-17810
2021-11-02	7688	-12714
2021-11-09	7567	-11851
2021-11-16	7412	-12900
2021-11-23	7811	-14522
2021-11-30	12212	-15494
2021-12-07	17107	-20446
2021-12-14	20030	-23610
2021-12-21	22225	-25001
2021-12-28	17594	-20716
2022-01-04	6990	-11255
2022-01-11	13101	-16691
2022-01-18	17211	-20206
2022-01-25	23862	-25936
2022-02-01	15734	-18920
2022-02-08	22725	-26323
2022-02-15	22279	-26325
2022-02-22	24478	-26355
2022-03-01	4004	-6707
2022-03-08	10814	-11712
2022-03-15	17343	-18961
2022-03-22	22639	-24666
2022-03-29	21609	-25220
2022-04-05	26537	-29712
2022-04-12	33933	-36318
2022-04-19	37663	-40102
2022-04-26	35599	-38531
2022-05-03	26014	-27318
2022-05-10	30562	-31215
2022-05-17	32127	-34867
2022-05-24	37488	-39289
2022-05-31	38941	-40872
2022-06-07	34208	-36098
2022-06-14	34601	-36389
2022-06-21	36052	-38010
2022-06-28	41434	-42677
2022-07-05	37309	-38514
2022-07-12	36619	-38388
2022-07-19	40843	-41302
2022-07-26	40557	-41482
2022-08-02	31835	-32782
2022-08-09	32411	-34211
2022-08-16	34290	-36012
2022-08-23	34231	-36424
2022-08-30	36585	-40013
2022-09-06	32508	-36388
2022-09-13	34919	-39023
2022-09-20	36732	-37903
2022-09-27	40490	-41257
2022-10-04	38106	-39820
2022-10-11	38882	-41888
2022-10-18	38681	-41847
2022-10-25	36912	-40301
2022-11-01	17423	-21908
2022-11-08	18085	-22201
2022-11-15	20782	-25194
2022-11-22	24080	-27522
2022-11-29	29424	-32087
2022-12-06	23746	-28118
2022-12-13	25351	-28567
2022-12-20	29557	-32411
2022-12-27	27522	-31009
2023-01-03	23081	-26514
2023-01-10	22463	-26209
2023-01-17	23414	-25980
2023-01-24	33917	-36800
2023-01-31	39572	-43407
2023-02-07	32199	-35474
2023-02-14	36017	-39492
2023-02-21	36847	-39900
2023-02-28	37705	-40919
2023-03-07	34565	-35671
2023-03-14	35562	-37349
2023-03-21	43543	-46349
2023-03-28	48569	-52506
2023-04-04	33701	-38540
2023-04-11	37056	-42610
2023-04-18	39827	-43322
2023-04-25	36713	-40564
2023-05-02	31746	-36539
2023-05-09	34651	-37206
2023-05-16	40567	-42553
2023-05-23	45210	-47806
2023-05-30	48912	-53294
2023-06-06	41681	-42455
2023-06-13	44948	-48042
2023-06-20	45090	-47056
2023-06-27	52750	-56922
2023-07-03	38114	-39873
2023-07-11	46617	-48031
2023-07-18	42386	-45770
2023-07-25	39044	-42350
2023-08-01	31512	-33319
2023-08-08	32092	-34740
2023-08-15	41206	-43200
2023-08-22	46051	-47572
2023-08-29	49828	-50268
2023-09-05	44226	-44682
2023-09-12	47945	-48610
2023-09-19	45373	-45972
2023-09-26	36575	-36808
2023-10-03	35921	-36543
2023-10-10	33391	-32362
2023-10-17	33859	-35336
2023-10-24	34548	-38171
2023-10-31	28628	-31488
2023-11-07	20389	-24075
2023-11-14	28504	-31863
2023-11-21	34331	-36112
2023-11-28	35968	-39062
2023-12-05	21587	-23462
2023-12-12	15753	-17577
2023-12-19	21102	-24128
2023-12-26	26290	-27064
2024-01-02	19085	-19627
2024-01-09	17355	-19343
2024-01-16	20010	-22509
2024-01-23	21016	-23735
2024-01-30	23275	-22179
2024-02-06	13828	-13853
2024-02-13	16082	-15445
2024-02-20	14586	-13856
2024-02-27	17935	-17367
2024-03-05	9394	-9652
2024-03-12	11458	-11141
2024-03-19	22171	-21159
2024-03-26	32143	-33002
2024-04-02	26267	-26000
2024-04-09	23758	-26120
2024-04-16	23690	-26089
2024-04-23	23218	-24935
2024-04-30	32867	-33679
2024-05-07	24425	-27374
2024-05-14	27757	-30680
2024-05-21	30244	-32270
2024-05-28	28534	-30106
2024-06-04	13212	-14745
2024-06-11	17162	-18359
2024-06-18	19530	-20032
2024-06-25	25391	-25639
2024-07-02	13177	-14563
2024-07-09	17317	-18271
2024-07-16	18598	-20442
2024-07-23	19490	-20102
2024-07-30	18774	-19487
2024-08-06	16506	-15949
2024-08-13	19525	-18140
2024-08-20	19877	-19153
2024-08-27	25350	-24893
2024-09-03	21019	-20527
2024-09-10	23347	-23092
2024-09-17	22850	-25289
2024-09-24	29538	-31506
2024-10-01	16228	-17716
2024-10-08	27494	-28473
2024-10-15	30801	-30391
2024-10-22	30155	-31963
2024-10-29	35813	-37309
2024-11-05	28166	-29616
2024-11-12	32394	-35664
2024-11-19	36893	-40058
2024-11-26	47769	-49887
2024-12-03	27960	-27920
2024-12-10	32590	-31893
2024-12-17	30202	-30805
2024-12-24	33904	-33569
2024-12-31	21269	-20844
2025-01-07	16000	-17472
2025-01-14	16742	-16816
2025-01-21	15402	-15681
2025-01-28	25377	-27140
2025-02-04	23069	-25421
2025-02-11	22842	-25254
2025-02-18	28448	-30438
2025-02-25	29327	-28456
2025-03-04	7237	-5400
2025-03-11	4482	-3009
2025-03-18	1556	-828
2025-03-25	9544	-6528
2025-04-01	3723	-2843
2025-04-08	8818	-6838
2025-04-15	16593	-15679
2025-04-22	16101	-14802
2025-04-29	15768	-15089
2025-05-06	-4448	2495
2025-05-13	-5348	5637
2025-05-20	8128	-6663
2025-05-27	5023	-4432
2025-06-03	-8618	10280
2025-06-10	-12468	13216
2025-06-17	-10352	11591
2025-06-24	734	-1886
2025-07-01	2402	-4141
2025-07-08	832	-965
2025-07-15	6282	-7812
2025-07-22	16136	-16856
2025-07-29	21887	-22134
2025-08-05	20759	-22148
2025-08-12	22187	-23167
2025-08-19	24776	-26203
2025-08-26	34864	-34920
2025-09-02	28295	-28642
2025-09-09	25347	-26195
2025-09-16	23024	-24699
2025-09-23	24420	-25768
2025-09-30	28328	-30249
2025-10-07	5455	-8280
2025-10-14	13017	-14686
2025-10-21	14009	-15957
2025-10-28	16483	-19418
2025-11-04	14745	-15315
2025-11-10	23060	-23055
2025-11-18	28089	-28358
2025-11-25	25866	-27034
2025-12-02	23716	-24328
2025-12-09	31164	-32969
2025-12-16	29140	-31269
2025-12-23	27788	-30331
2025-12-30	25697	-27614
2026-01-06	25336	-27852
2026-01-13	30758	-33887
2026-01-20	38875	-42150
2026-01-27	40026	-41748
2026-02-03	33458	-34110
2026-02-10	34974	-36082
2026-02-17	35690	-36267
2026-02-24	48730	-49493
2026-03-03	25400	-27468
2026-03-10	11479	-13146
2026-03-17	20577	-22557
2026-03-24	15373	-17555
2026-03-31	32776	-35815
2026-04-07	27416	-31124
2026-04-14	20470	-23656
2026-04-21	20950	-23334
2026-04-28	23512	-25557
2026-05-05	6203	-9224
2026-05-12	13579	-18034
2026-05-19	20829	-24966
2026-05-26	26055	-32814
2026-06-02	12567	-18371
2026-06-09	2462	-8883
2026-06-16	7328	-12319
2026-06-23	19929	-24491
2026-06-30	30538	-34532
2026-07-07	22442	-24649
2026-07-14	18505	-21424
2026-07-21	23042	-26730
2026-07-28	10169	-14648
2026-08-04	23363	-25839
2026-08-11	24386	-25854
2026-08-18	31656	-32250
2026-08-25	29575	-30999
2026-09-01	36842	-39397
2026-09-08	38189	-41836
2026-09-15	37915	-40629
2026-09-22	42183	-44185
2026-09-29	32619	-35663
2026-10-06	28024	-32009

BRENT commercial and large speculator net positioning from Oct 19, 2021 to Oct 6, 2026, with a 10th-90th percentile band

Week

Commercial net

Large spec net

2021-10-19

23413

-28018

2021-10-26

12648

-17810

2021-11-02

7688

-12714

2021-11-09

7567

-11851

2021-11-16

7412

-12900

2021-11-23

7811

-14522

2021-11-30

12212

-15494

2021-12-07

17107

-20446

2021-12-14

20030

-23610

2021-12-21

22225

-25001

2021-12-28

17594

-20716

2022-01-04

6990

-11255

2022-01-11

13101

-16691

2022-01-18

17211

-20206

2022-01-25

23862

-25936

2022-02-01

15734

-18920

2022-02-08

22725

-26323

2022-02-15

22279

-26325

2022-02-22

24478

-26355

2022-03-01

4004

-6707

2022-03-08

10814

-11712

2022-03-15

17343

-18961

2022-03-22

22639

-24666

2022-03-29

21609

-25220

2022-04-05

26537

-29712

2022-04-12

33933

-36318

2022-04-19

37663

-40102

2022-04-26

35599

-38531

2022-05-03

26014

-27318

2022-05-10

30562

-31215

2022-05-17

32127

-34867

2022-05-24

37488

-39289

2022-05-31

38941

-40872

2022-06-07

34208

-36098

2022-06-14

34601

-36389

2022-06-21

36052

-38010

2022-06-28

41434

-42677

2022-07-05

37309

-38514

2022-07-12

36619

-38388

2022-07-19

40843

-41302

2022-07-26

40557

-41482

2022-08-02

31835

-32782

2022-08-09

32411

-34211

2022-08-16

34290

-36012

2022-08-23

34231

-36424

2022-08-30

36585

-40013

2022-09-06

32508

-36388

2022-09-13

34919

-39023

2022-09-20

36732

-37903

2022-09-27

40490

-41257

2022-10-04

38106

-39820

2022-10-11

38882

-41888

2022-10-18

38681

-41847

2022-10-25

36912

-40301

2022-11-01

17423

-21908

2022-11-08

18085

-22201

2022-11-15

20782

-25194

2022-11-22

24080

-27522

2022-11-29

29424

-32087

2022-12-06

23746

-28118

2022-12-13

25351

-28567

2022-12-20

29557

-32411

2022-12-27

27522

-31009

2023-01-03

23081

-26514

2023-01-10

22463

-26209

2023-01-17

23414

-25980

2023-01-24

33917

-36800

2023-01-31

39572

-43407

2023-02-07

32199

-35474

2023-02-14

36017

-39492

2023-02-21

36847

-39900

2023-02-28

37705

-40919

2023-03-07

34565

-35671

2023-03-14

35562

-37349

2023-03-21

43543

-46349

2023-03-28

48569

-52506

2023-04-04

33701

-38540

2023-04-11

37056

-42610

2023-04-18

39827

-43322

2023-04-25

36713

-40564

2023-05-02

31746

-36539

2023-05-09

34651

-37206

2023-05-16

40567

-42553

2023-05-23

45210

-47806

2023-05-30

48912

-53294

2023-06-06

41681

-42455

2023-06-13

44948

-48042

2023-06-20

45090

-47056

2023-06-27

52750

-56922

2023-07-03

38114

-39873

2023-07-11

46617

-48031

2023-07-18

42386

-45770

2023-07-25

39044

-42350

2023-08-01

31512

-33319

2023-08-08

32092

-34740

2023-08-15

41206

-43200

2023-08-22

46051

-47572

2023-08-29

49828

-50268

2023-09-05

44226

-44682

2023-09-12

47945

-48610

2023-09-19

45373

-45972

2023-09-26

36575

-36808

2023-10-03

35921

-36543

2023-10-10

33391

-32362

2023-10-17

33859

-35336

2023-10-24

34548

-38171

2023-10-31

28628

-31488

2023-11-07

20389

-24075

2023-11-14

28504

-31863

2023-11-21

34331

-36112

2023-11-28

35968

-39062

2023-12-05

21587

-23462

2023-12-12

15753

-17577

2023-12-19

21102

-24128

2023-12-26

26290

-27064

2024-01-02

19085

-19627

2024-01-09

17355

-19343

2024-01-16

20010

-22509

2024-01-23

21016

-23735

2024-01-30

23275

-22179

2024-02-06

13828

-13853

2024-02-13

16082

-15445

2024-02-20

14586

-13856

2024-02-27

17935

-17367

2024-03-05

9394

-9652

2024-03-12

11458

-11141

2024-03-19

22171

-21159

2024-03-26

32143

-33002

2024-04-02

26267

-26000

2024-04-09

23758

-26120

2024-04-16

23690

-26089

2024-04-23

23218

-24935

2024-04-30

32867

-33679

2024-05-07

24425

-27374

2024-05-14

27757

-30680

2024-05-21

30244

-32270

2024-05-28

28534

-30106

2024-06-04

13212

-14745

2024-06-11

17162

-18359

2024-06-18

19530

-20032

2024-06-25

25391

-25639

2024-07-02

13177

-14563

2024-07-09

17317

-18271

2024-07-16

18598

-20442

2024-07-23

19490

-20102

2024-07-30

18774

-19487

2024-08-06

16506

-15949

2024-08-13

19525

-18140

2024-08-20

19877

-19153

2024-08-27

25350

-24893

2024-09-03

21019

-20527

2024-09-10

23347

-23092

2024-09-17

22850

-25289

2024-09-24

29538

-31506

2024-10-01

16228

-17716

2024-10-08

27494

-28473

2024-10-15

30801

-30391

2024-10-22

30155

-31963

2024-10-29

35813

-37309

2024-11-05

28166

-29616

2024-11-12

32394

-35664

2024-11-19

36893

-40058

2024-11-26

47769

-49887

2024-12-03

27960

-27920

2024-12-10

32590

-31893

2024-12-17

30202

-30805

2024-12-24

33904

-33569

2024-12-31

21269

-20844

2025-01-07

16000

-17472

2025-01-14

16742

-16816

2025-01-21

15402

-15681

2025-01-28

25377

-27140

2025-02-04

23069

-25421

2025-02-11

22842

-25254

2025-02-18

28448

-30438

2025-02-25

29327

-28456

2025-03-04

7237

-5400

2025-03-11

4482

-3009

2025-03-18

1556

-828

2025-03-25

9544

-6528

2025-04-01

3723

-2843

2025-04-08

8818

-6838

2025-04-15

16593

-15679

2025-04-22

16101

-14802

2025-04-29

15768

-15089

2025-05-06

-4448

2495

2025-05-13

-5348

5637

2025-05-20

8128

-6663

2025-05-27

5023

-4432

2025-06-03

-8618

10280

2025-06-10

-12468

13216

2025-06-17

-10352

11591

2025-06-24

734

-1886

2025-07-01

2402

-4141

2025-07-08

832

-965

2025-07-15

6282

-7812

2025-07-22

16136

-16856

2025-07-29

21887

-22134

2025-08-05

20759

-22148

2025-08-12

22187

-23167

2025-08-19

24776

-26203

2025-08-26

34864

-34920

2025-09-02

28295

-28642

2025-09-09

25347

-26195

2025-09-16

23024

-24699

2025-09-23

24420

-25768

2025-09-30

28328

-30249

2025-10-07

5455

-8280

2025-10-14

13017

-14686

2025-10-21

14009

-15957

2025-10-28

16483

-19418

2025-11-04

14745

-15315

2025-11-10

23060

-23055

2025-11-18

28089

-28358

2025-11-25

25866

-27034

2025-12-02

23716

-24328

2025-12-09

31164

-32969

2025-12-16

29140

-31269

2025-12-23

27788

-30331

2025-12-30

25697

-27614

2026-01-06

25336

-27852

2026-01-13

30758

-33887

2026-01-20

38875

-42150

2026-01-27

40026

-41748

2026-02-03

33458

-34110

2026-02-10

34974

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