Commitments of Traders
Data through 2026-09-29 · published 2026-10-03 08:30 UTC · Managed-money positioning and open interest across the energy complex.
The brief
Measured — generated from the table by fixed rule, no model in this path
Largest move: Natural gas (managed money net) down to -132,799 contracts (3.0-sigma)
Natural gas (managed money net) fell by 67,252, to -132,799 contracts, a 3.0-sigma move for this series, leaving it at the 0th percentile of the same-week window across 1 prior years.
- NY Harbor ULSD (open interest) fell by 36,278, to 238,533 contracts, a 2.5-sigma move for this series, leaving it at the 0th percentile of the same-week window across 1 prior years.
- Natural gas (open interest) fell by 55,017, to 1,782,129 contracts, a 1.9-sigma move for this series, leaving it at the 100th percentile of the same-week window across 1 prior years.
- RBOB gasoline (open interest) fell by 18,245, to 342,854 contracts, leaving it at the 0th percentile of the same-week window across 1 prior years.
Sitting at an extreme
- WTI crude (managed money net) sits at the 100th percentile of the same-week window across 1 prior years (79,592 contracts).
- Brent crude (managed money net) sits at the 100th percentile of the same-week window across 1 prior years (-2,698 contracts).
- RBOB gasoline (managed money net) sits at the 100th percentile of the same-week window across 1 prior years (94,186 contracts).
- NY Harbor ULSD (managed money net) sits at the 0th percentile of the same-week window across 1 prior years (12,945 contracts).
Not evaluated.- wti_mm_pctl not computed: CFTC.WTI.MM_Net has 91 weekly observations, needs 104 (~2y) before a percentile means anything
- brent_mm_pctl not computed: CFTC.BRENT.MM_Net has 91 weekly observations, needs 104 (~2y) before a percentile means anything
The table
| Metric | Date | Value | Change | y/y | Units |
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| Managed money net |
| WTI crude | 2026-09-29 | 79,592 | w/w -22,236 | 65,539 | contracts |
| Brent crude | 2026-09-29 | -2,698 | w/w 2,136 | 28,201 | contracts |
| RBOB gasoline | 2026-09-29 | 94,186 | w/w -1,852 | 40,621 | contracts |
| NY Harbor ULSD | 2026-09-29 | 12,945 | w/w 3,508 | -19,822 | contracts |
| Natural gas | 2026-09-29 | -132,799 | w/w -67,252 | -101,633 | contracts |
| Open interest |
| WTI crude | 2026-09-29 | 1,878,576 | w/w 36,765 | -127,782 | contracts |
| Brent crude | 2026-09-29 | 742,626 | w/w 8,324 | -85,078 | contracts |
| RBOB gasoline | 2026-09-29 | 342,854 | w/w -18,245 | -6,229 | contracts |
| NY Harbor ULSD | 2026-09-29 | 238,533 | w/w -36,278 | -165,948 | contracts |
| Natural gas | 2026-09-29 | 1,782,129 | w/w -55,017 | 123,043 | contracts |
Check it against the source
These figures come from the published series, not from transcribing anyone's PDF — so they can be checked against the originals directly:
Every sentence above the table was generated from the table by fixed rule — the lede is the largest move measured in units of that series' own recent changes, so a crude build and a rig move can be ranked against each other. Re-run it on the same date and the text is identical. Method:
methodology ·
how we checked it against EIA's final edition.