Commitments of Traders
Data through 2026-10-20 · published 2026-10-24 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 -157,409 contracts (1.3-sigma)
Natural gas (managed money net) fell by 30,928, to -157,409 contracts, leaving it at the 0th percentile of the same-week window across 1 prior years.
- WTI crude (open interest) fell by 65,035, to 1,835,144 contracts, leaving it at the 0th percentile of the same-week window across 1 prior years.
- Natural gas (open interest) fell by 30,478, to 1,710,685 contracts, leaving it at the 100th percentile of the same-week window across 1 prior years.
- RBOB gasoline (managed money net) fell by 4,196, to 93,712 contracts, leaving it at the 100th 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 (36,187 contracts).
- Brent crude (managed money net) sits at the 100th percentile of the same-week window across 1 prior years (-4,713 contracts).
- RBOB gasoline (managed money net) sits at the 100th percentile of the same-week window across 1 prior years (93,712 contracts).
- Natural gas (managed money net) sits at the 0th percentile of the same-week window across 1 prior years (-157,409 contracts).
Not evaluated.- wti_mm_pctl not computed: CFTC.WTI.MM_Net has 94 weekly observations, needs 104 (~2y) before a percentile means anything
- brent_mm_pctl not computed: CFTC.BRENT.MM_Net has 94 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 | 2026-10-20 | 36,187 | w/w -4,387 | 74,341 | contracts |
| Brent crude | 2026-10-20 | -4,713 | w/w 353 | 26,080 | contracts |
| RBOB gasoline | 2026-10-20 | 93,712 | w/w -4,196 | 57,609 | contracts |
| NY Harbor ULSD | 2026-10-20 | 13,313 | w/w 1,239 | 1,365 | contracts |
| Natural gas | 2026-10-20 | -157,409 | w/w -30,928 | -111,492 | contracts |
| Open interest |
| WTI crude | 2026-10-20 | 1,835,144 | w/w -65,035 | -162,505 | contracts |
| Brent crude | 2026-10-20 | 755,018 | w/w 448 | -53,869 | contracts |
| RBOB gasoline | 2026-10-20 | 337,457 | w/w -2,811 | -16,008 | contracts |
| NY Harbor ULSD | 2026-10-20 | 269,131 | w/w 656 | -126,647 | contracts |
| Natural gas | 2026-10-20 | 1,710,685 | w/w -30,478 | 28,637 | 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.