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WTI Crude Oil COT Positioning

As of Oct 6, 2026, commercial hedgers are net short at -126,458 contracts and added to their position by +16,160 week over week.

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

Commercial net

-126,458

Net short

Week over week

+16,160

Added

Large specs

+99,060

Retail

+27,398

Percentile

90th

Historic high

Net positioning

Commercials vs large speculators

260 weeks

Recent weeks

Week	Commercial net	Large spec net	Retail net
Oct 6, 2026	-126,458	+99,060	+27,398
Sep 29, 2026	-142,618	+109,463	+33,155
Sep 22, 2026	-169,889	+141,106	+28,783
Sep 15, 2026	-164,858	+135,905

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WTI 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	-473181	429594
2021-10-26	-472412	423718
2021-11-02	-461516	419293
2021-11-09	-461964	421312
2021-11-16	-470324	415785
2021-11-23	-454965	407657
2021-11-30	-432885	387234
2021-12-07	-400431	367232
2021-12-14	-385527	347137
2021-12-21	-375816	340255
2021-12-28	-373092	338429
2022-01-04	-369956	332825
2022-01-11	-396940	360505
2022-01-18	-427052	385781
2022-01-25	-420646	373415
2022-02-01	-414658	368904
2022-02-08	-412144	363383
2022-02-15	-392000	348093
2022-02-22	-382891	339041
2022-03-01	-410955	368663
2022-03-08	-408809	361665
2022-03-15	-382602	341815
2022-03-22	-380080	339969
2022-03-29	-360162	318731
2022-04-05	-355435	308594
2022-04-12	-350603	304778
2022-04-19	-351252	307697
2022-04-26	-358321	316063
2022-05-03	-366213	321701
2022-05-10	-354479	310803
2022-05-17	-363869	325637
2022-05-24	-374627	334761
2022-05-31	-373761	332976
2022-06-07	-369033	328256
2022-06-14	-341654	302946
2022-06-21	-323915	289502
2022-06-28	-327938	299692
2022-07-05	-304217	280523
2022-07-12	-294526	268328
2022-07-19	-293689	271091
2022-07-26	-283489	259260
2022-08-02	-272866	253752
2022-08-09	-238073	210651
2022-08-16	-239291	214940
2022-08-23	-268256	246220
2022-08-30	-256248	229189
2022-09-06	-240417	214478
2022-09-13	-244007	227057
2022-09-20	-261568	239878
2022-09-27	-246872	226080
2022-10-04	-260854	241999
2022-10-11	-283626	259220
2022-10-18	-273757	251545
2022-10-25	-268026	249079
2022-11-01	-275761	254809
2022-11-08	-301325	274790
2022-11-15	-307395	278267
2022-11-22	-276994	252475
2022-11-29	-262654	239739
2022-12-06	-259553	231720
2022-12-13	-247747	229559
2022-12-20	-256558	238191
2022-12-27	-266554	247618
2023-01-03	-249040	227607
2023-01-10	-225502	205236
2023-01-17	-255599	239218
2023-01-24	-273246	249799
2023-01-31	-266622	243820
2023-02-07	-244548	224151
2023-02-14	-247370	227541
2023-02-21	-241297	219671
2023-02-28	-231298	215314
2023-03-07	-234489	206901
2023-03-14	-212633	176219
2023-03-21	-178904	154341
2023-03-28	-191616	181069
2023-04-04	-239970	226127
2023-04-11	-255411	235632
2023-04-18	-273247	244575
2023-04-25	-271197	236438
2023-05-02	-252905	214845
2023-05-09	-239456	216628
2023-05-16	-215612	191469
2023-05-23	-217386	193119
2023-05-30	-192877	162591
2023-06-06	-198377	172442
2023-06-13	-184272	155074
2023-06-20	-189918	166477
2023-06-27	-166658	138388
2023-07-03	-170148	141429
2023-07-11	-196688	173433
2023-07-18	-233490	206099
2023-07-25	-250976	225196
2023-08-01	-267239	241859
2023-08-08	-278338	255928
2023-08-15	-270101	242108
2023-08-22	-256341	234371
2023-08-29	-260948	240905
2023-09-05	-308997	299322
2023-09-12	-348713	326871
2023-09-19	-354835	328426
2023-09-26	-375404	350055
2023-10-03	-381946	349560
2023-10-10	-363010	321974
2023-10-17	-340550	306388
2023-10-24	-340958	300765
2023-10-31	-308767	262258
2023-11-07	-276714	235970
2023-11-14	-246762	215734
2023-11-21	-230009	207324
2023-11-28	-206779	183171
2023-12-05	-194626	168990
2023-12-12	-175326	151599
2023-12-19	-195871	182743
2023-12-26	-211098	199284
2024-01-02	-182204	163729
2024-01-09	-184627	169682
2024-01-16	-178627	162034
2024-01-23	-202468	184018
2024-01-30	-219075	196664
2024-02-06	-189183	161838
2024-02-13	-191502	171072
2024-02-20	-217474	191901
2024-02-27	-248254	224790
2024-03-05	-271655	238512
2024-03-12	-265054	233788
2024-03-19	-308403	277757
2024-03-26	-315539	278027
2024-04-02	-332521	300897
2024-04-09	-337747	297137
2024-04-16	-329084	290462
2024-04-23	-307525	264836
2024-04-30	-308743	265461
2024-05-07	-261071	215444
2024-05-14	-250961	203043
2024-05-21	-266426	219300
2024-05-28	-278874	243926
2024-06-04	-253631	210705
2024-06-11	-260177	233484
2024-06-18	-274623	246849
2024-06-25	-302669	271245
2024-07-02	-311082	279946
2024-07-09	-325437	283894
2024-07-16	-325064	287601
2024-07-23	-311450	275998
2024-07-30	-278204	245493
2024-08-06	-247414	222342
2024-08-13	-259586	231543
2024-08-20	-254073	222288
2024-08-27	-250673	226699
2024-09-03	-204506	177035
2024-09-10	-163834	140014
2024-09-17	-166110	145328
2024-09-24	-174395	158597
2024-10-01	-174604	159608
2024-10-08	-213819	190637
2024-10-15	-212413	184403
2024-10-22	-196169	173731
2024-10-29	-175687	151877
2024-11-05	-211226	196088
2024-11-12	-207577	186906
2024-11-19	-202171	193865
2024-11-26	-206608	200407
2024-12-03	-211597	201464
2024-12-10	-201510	190112
2024-12-17	-237003	229990
2024-12-24	-251386	247027
2024-12-31	-256671	254324
2025-01-07	-286130	279567
2025-01-14	-317124	306291
2025-01-21	-316596	298847
2025-01-28	-290388	264126
2025-02-04	-259576	230313
2025-02-11	-244693	220004
2025-02-18	-217426	197594
2025-02-25	-194964	171198
2025-03-04	-177980	154841
2025-03-11	-178744	164126
2025-03-18	-182228	166823
2025-03-25	-190138	180558
2025-04-01	-176710	167685
2025-04-08	-148559	139595
2025-04-15	-153715	146370
2025-04-22	-173885	170955
2025-04-29	-183492	177209
2025-05-06	-180590	175428
2025-05-13	-184838	185301
2025-05-20	-186794	186420
2025-05-27	-169107	165694
2025-06-03	-174464	167957
2025-06-10	-200671	191941
2025-06-17	-259051	231048
2025-06-24	-270542	232969
2025-07-01	-263895	234693
2025-07-08	-236620	209374
2025-07-15	-188396	162427
2025-07-22	-181856	153331
2025-07-29	-179592	156023
2025-08-05	-170558	141829
2025-08-12	-142290	116742
2025-08-19	-140554	120209
2025-08-26	-130871	109472
2025-09-02	-121395	102428
2025-09-09	-102155	81844
2025-09-16	-114749	98709
2025-09-23	-118600	102958
2025-09-30	-133096	103300
2025-10-07	-98056	74309
2025-10-14	-81380	60991
2025-10-21	-55056	39800
2025-10-28	-77717	65601
2025-11-04	-84426	74907
2025-11-10	-71884	60384
2025-11-18	-80301	69176
2025-11-25	-65188	55017
2025-12-02	-61260	51037
2025-12-09	-78497	58433
2025-12-16	-72572	54896
2025-12-23	-68184	64898
2025-12-30	-70253	64591
2026-01-06	-70766	57352
2026-01-13	-65450	58128
2026-01-20	-97047	78792
2026-01-27	-115048	96982
2026-02-03	-152499	124565
2026-02-10	-155866	117814
2026-02-17	-181629	141343
2026-02-24	-216783	172712
2026-03-03	-222327	172150
2026-03-10	-276447	228015
2026-03-17	-262629	218688
2026-03-24	-267010	233620
2026-03-31	-245091	213488
2026-04-07	-230466	202153
2026-04-14	-246935	206541
2026-04-21	-226711	192302
2026-04-28	-219654	191911
2026-05-05	-206150	178786
2026-05-12	-196134	169877
2026-05-19	-200409	172580
2026-05-26	-195473	160998
2026-06-02	-188109	155874
2026-06-09	-170726	130301
2026-06-16	-165339	124483
2026-06-23	-152606	114633
2026-06-30	-140148	110531
2026-07-07	-104622	75749
2026-07-14	-85088	62683
2026-07-21	-108601	81689
2026-07-28	-158822	120108
2026-08-04	-153775	112443
2026-08-11	-129637	99196
2026-08-18	-153087	122090
2026-08-25	-156246	123449
2026-09-01	-156005	129911
2026-09-08	-166185	136579
2026-09-15	-164858	135905
2026-09-22	-169889	141106
2026-09-29	-142618	109463
2026-10-06	-126458	99060

Where it sits

Full history

-473,181-55,056

The latest commercial net sits in the 90th percentile of everything this market has printed since Oct 19, 2021.

Trailing weeks

Commercial net

WTI commercial net positioning over the trailing 260 weeks
Index	Value
1	-473181
2	-472412
3	-461516
4	-461964
5	-470324
6	-454965
7	-432885
8	-400431
9	-385527
10	-375816
11	-373092
12	-369956
13	-396940
14	-427052
15	-420646
16	-414658
17	-412144
18	-392000
19	-382891
20	-410955
21	-408809
22	-382602
23	-380080
24	-360162
25	-355435
26	-350603
27	-351252
28	-358321
29	-366213
30	-354479
31	-363869
32	-374627
33	-373761
34	-369033
35	-341654
36	-323915
37	-327938
38	-304217
39	-294526
40	-293689
41	-283489
42	-272866
43	-238073
44	-239291
45	-268256
46	-256248
47	-240417
48	-244007
49	-261568
50	-246872
51	-260854
52	-283626