Commitments of Traders · Disaggregated, futures only

What positions do traders hold in BRENT LAST DAY futures?

In BRENT LAST DAY futures, managed money held a net long position of 2,849 contracts and open interest was 230,693 contracts on 20 October 2026 (CFTC Commitments of Traders, released 23 October 2026).

Net positionsOpen interest

Net positions in BRENT LAST DAY futures each week: managed money, producers, merchants, processors and users, swap dealers, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Net is long less short, ours; contracts

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29 November 2016 Managed money +2,639 Producers, merchants, processors and users +10,134 Swap dealers +5,24827 December 2016 Managed money −8,723 Producers, merchants, processors and users +6,049 Swap dealers +19,41324 January 2017 Managed money −19,287 Producers, merchants, processors and users +5,394 Swap dealers +22,19721 February 2017 Managed money −21,327 Producers, merchants, processors and users +4,070 Swap dealers +30,46821 March 2017 Managed money −22,689 Producers, merchants, processors and users −3,639 Swap dealers +36,89218 April 2017 Managed money −21,091 Producers, merchants, processors and users −2,058 Swap dealers +34,80816 May 2017 Managed money −18,648 Producers, merchants, processors and users −3,032 Swap dealers +29,80613 June 2017 Managed money −16,234 Producers, merchants, processors and users −5,598 Swap dealers +24,44811 July 2017 Managed money −20,760 Producers, merchants, processors and users −2,190 Swap dealers +26,1908 August 2017 Managed money −21,739 Producers, merchants, processors and users +996 Swap dealers +25,5155 September 2017 Managed money −21,569 Producers, merchants, processors and users +9,641 Swap dealers +25,4223 October 2017 Managed money −23,236 Producers, merchants, processors and users +7,558 Swap dealers +26,69031 October 2017 Managed money −28,586 Producers, merchants, processors and users +6,892 Swap dealers +24,87728 November 2017 Managed money −23,532 Producers, merchants, processors and users −3,736 Swap dealers +20,27826 December 2017 Managed money −18,239 Producers, merchants, processors and users +2,079 Swap dealers +24,45123 January 2018 Managed money −25,017 Producers, merchants, processors and users +9,415 Swap dealers +20,98420 February 2018 Managed money −22,506 Producers, merchants, processors and users +4,969 Swap dealers +32,40420 March 2018 Managed money −23,517 Producers, merchants, processors and users +8,101 Swap dealers +22,83717 April 2018 Managed money −23,083 Producers, merchants, processors and users +3,263 Swap dealers +43,64215 May 2018 Managed money −18,466 Producers, merchants, processors and users −929 Swap dealers +37,61112 June 2018 Managed money −12,027 Producers, merchants, processors and users −5,159 Swap dealers +41,31510 July 2018 Managed money −7,499 Producers, merchants, processors and users −14,383 Swap dealers +40,3347 August 2018 Managed money −440 Producers, merchants, processors and users −23,669 Swap dealers +40,4904 September 2018 Managed money +4,740 Producers, merchants, processors and users −26,371 Swap dealers +41,6992 October 2018 Managed money +7,810 Producers, merchants, processors and users −37,705 Swap dealers +45,82130 October 2018 Managed money +4,018 Producers, merchants, processors and users −51,456 Swap dealers +62,74327 November 2018 Managed money −2,137 Producers, merchants, processors and users −32,932 Swap dealers +75,64124 December 2018 Managed money −4,233 Producers, merchants, processors and users −29,737 Swap dealers +67,91622 January 2019 Managed money +2,021 Producers, merchants, processors and users −20,344 Swap dealers +58,01919 February 2019 Managed money +7,191 Producers, merchants, processors and users −18,282 Swap dealers +58,23219 March 2019 Managed money +1,973 Producers, merchants, processors and users −10,846 Swap dealers +55,08816 April 2019 Managed money −5,350 Producers, merchants, processors and users −4,838 Swap dealers +58,14114 May 2019 Managed money −16,736 Producers, merchants, processors and users −12,596 Swap dealers +67,57911 June 2019 Managed money −4,514 Producers, merchants, processors and users −25,854 Swap dealers +73,7809 July 2019 Managed money −5,794 Producers, merchants, processors and users −20,859 Swap dealers +73,8016 August 2019 Managed money +3,588 Producers, merchants, processors and users −23,405 Swap dealers +68,1223 September 2019 Managed money +298 Producers, merchants, processors and users −34,260 Swap dealers +62,1101 October 2019 Managed money −5,141 Producers, merchants, processors and users −33,185 Swap dealers +71,10029 October 2019 Managed money −3,496 Producers, merchants, processors and users −32,024 Swap dealers +79,20526 November 2019 Managed money −3,189 Producers, merchants, processors and users −31,811 Swap dealers +80,16724 December 2019 Managed money −9,317 Producers, merchants, processors and users −34,059 Swap dealers +96,71821 January 2020 Managed money −5,756 Producers, merchants, processors and users −41,598 Swap dealers +96,08418 February 2020 Managed money −5,748 Producers, merchants, processors and users −59,167 Swap dealers +110,32317 March 2020 Managed money −3,501 Producers, merchants, processors and users −64,631 Swap dealers +114,69814 April 2020 Managed money −5,830 Producers, merchants, processors and users −57,742 Swap dealers +100,61912 May 2020 Managed money −8,167 Producers, merchants, processors and users −48,250 Swap dealers +90,2379 June 2020 Managed money −1,538 Producers, merchants, processors and users −39,461 Swap dealers +79,8377 July 2020 Managed money +3,367 Producers, merchants, processors and users −46,485 Swap dealers +80,9014 August 2020 Managed money +5,277 Producers, merchants, processors and users −53,391 Swap dealers +79,9941 September 2020 Managed money +5,269 Producers, merchants, processors and users −52,417 Swap dealers +74,15429 September 2020 Managed money +7,598 Producers, merchants, processors and users −54,458 Swap dealers +77,46027 October 2020 Managed money +1,855 Producers, merchants, processors and users −30,082 Swap dealers +55,26124 November 2020 Managed money −2,762 Producers, merchants, processors and users −23,154 Swap dealers +58,51121 December 2020 Managed money −1,721 Producers, merchants, processors and users −26,729 Swap dealers +61,82019 January 2021 Managed money −13,482 Producers, merchants, processors and users −32,463 Swap dealers +55,28016 February 2021 Managed money −23,426 Producers, merchants, processors and users −26,816 Swap dealers +57,90016 March 2021 Managed money −31,923 Producers, merchants, processors and users −36,988 Swap dealers +56,06213 April 2021 Managed money −28,179 Producers, merchants, processors and users −37,369 Swap dealers +60,08711 May 2021 Managed money −26,852 Producers, merchants, processors and users −39,301 Swap dealers +61,0538 June 2021 Managed money −25,604 Producers, merchants, processors and users −37,393 Swap dealers +56,6946 July 2021 Managed money −32,170 Producers, merchants, processors and users −39,401 Swap dealers +61,6233 August 2021 Managed money −19,531 Producers, merchants, processors and users −41,798 Swap dealers +63,64731 August 2021 Managed money −18,996 Producers, merchants, processors and users −36,853 Swap dealers +79,44728 September 2021 Managed money −28,146 Producers, merchants, processors and users −32,716 Swap dealers +69,54526 October 2021 Managed money −19,978 Producers, merchants, processors and users −38,169 Swap dealers +50,81723 November 2021 Managed money −13,947 Producers, merchants, processors and users −40,971 Swap dealers +48,78221 December 2021 Managed money −15,232 Producers, merchants, processors and users −37,523 Swap dealers +59,74818 January 2022 Managed money −16,638 Producers, merchants, processors and users −41,355 Swap dealers +58,56615 February 2022 Managed money −8,558 Producers, merchants, processors and users −35,112 Swap dealers +57,39115 March 2022 Managed money +1,001 Producers, merchants, processors and users −39,733 Swap dealers +57,07612 April 2022 Managed money +1,839 Producers, merchants, processors and users −25,254 Swap dealers +59,18710 May 2022 Managed money −4,012 Producers, merchants, processors and users −20,234 Swap dealers +50,7967 June 2022 Managed money −1,982 Producers, merchants, processors and users −23,957 Swap dealers +58,1655 July 2022 Managed money +159 Producers, merchants, processors and users −16,488 Swap dealers +53,7972 August 2022 Managed money +6,363 Producers, merchants, processors and users −19,424 Swap dealers +51,25930 August 2022 Managed money +12,731 Producers, merchants, processors and users −19,583 Swap dealers +56,16827 September 2022 Managed money +9,777 Producers, merchants, processors and users −16,069 Swap dealers +56,55925 October 2022 Managed money +17,724 Producers, merchants, processors and users −11,878 Swap dealers +48,79022 November 2022 Managed money +10,729 Producers, merchants, processors and users −14,298 Swap dealers +38,37820 December 2022 Managed money +16,046 Producers, merchants, processors and users −5,667 Swap dealers +35,22417 January 2023 Managed money +19,157 Producers, merchants, processors and users −8,325 Swap dealers +31,73914 February 2023 Managed money −910 Producers, merchants, processors and users +2,554 Swap dealers +33,46314 March 2023 Managed money −2,018 Producers, merchants, processors and users +2,024 Swap dealers +33,53811 April 2023 Managed money +3,609 Producers, merchants, processors and users +2,552 Swap dealers +34,5049 May 2023 Managed money +66 Producers, merchants, processors and users +7,005 Swap dealers +27,6466 June 2023 Managed money −4,494 Producers, merchants, processors and users +9,432 Swap dealers +32,2493 July 2023 Managed money −2,893 Producers, merchants, processors and users +7,914 Swap dealers +30,2001 August 2023 Managed money +7,602 Producers, merchants, processors and users +4,362 Swap dealers +27,15029 August 2023 Managed money −3,601 Producers, merchants, processors and users +16,434 Swap dealers +33,39426 September 2023 Managed money −3,883 Producers, merchants, processors and users +875 Swap dealers +35,70024 October 2023 Managed money −4,354 Producers, merchants, processors and users +3,199 Swap dealers +31,34921 November 2023 Managed money +8,044 Producers, merchants, processors and users −2,673 Swap dealers +37,00419 December 2023 Managed money +27,488 Producers, merchants, processors and users −12,684 Swap dealers +33,78616 January 2024 Managed money +26,793 Producers, merchants, processors and users −13,858 Swap dealers +33,86813 February 2024 Managed money +25,626 Producers, merchants, processors and users −12,632 Swap dealers +28,71412 March 2024 Managed money +21,016 Producers, merchants, processors and users −12,338 Swap dealers +23,7969 April 2024 Managed money +4,502 Producers, merchants, processors and users −5,298 Swap dealers +29,0567 May 2024 Managed money +5,447 Producers, merchants, processors and users −2,876 Swap dealers +27,3014 June 2024 Managed money +11,808 Producers, merchants, processors and users −1,216 Swap dealers +14,4282 July 2024 Managed money +10,970 Producers, merchants, processors and users −3,217 Swap dealers +16,39430 July 2024 Managed money +19,450 Producers, merchants, processors and users −5,062 Swap dealers +23,83627 August 2024 Managed money +5,928 Producers, merchants, processors and users −9,208 Swap dealers +34,55824 September 2024 Managed money +5,227 Producers, merchants, processors and users +2,359 Swap dealers +27,17922 October 2024 Managed money +4,651 Producers, merchants, processors and users −4,040 Swap dealers +34,19519 November 2024 Managed money +6,157 Producers, merchants, processors and users −3,299 Swap dealers +40,19217 December 2024 Managed money +2,070 Producers, merchants, processors and users −10,195 Swap dealers +40,39714 January 2025 Managed money −4,795 Producers, merchants, processors and users −19,745 Swap dealers +36,48711 February 2025 Managed money −10,745 Producers, merchants, processors and users −20,429 Swap dealers +43,27111 March 2025 Managed money −5,004 Producers, merchants, processors and users −24,019 Swap dealers +28,5018 April 2025 Managed money −3,501 Producers, merchants, processors and users −30,423 Swap dealers +39,2416 May 2025 Managed money +1,732 Producers, merchants, processors and users −36,316 Swap dealers +31,8683 June 2025 Managed money +9,721 Producers, merchants, processors and users −35,377 Swap dealers +26,7591 July 2025 Managed money +8,261 Producers, merchants, processors and users −24,008 Swap dealers +26,41029 July 2025 Managed money +4,318 Producers, merchants, processors and users −5,866 Swap dealers +27,75326 August 2025 Managed money −1,603 Producers, merchants, processors and users −6,101 Swap dealers +40,96523 September 2025 Managed money +5,457 Producers, merchants, processors and users −4,787 Swap dealers +29,20721 October 2025 Managed money +11,000 Producers, merchants, processors and users −16,710 Swap dealers +30,71918 November 2025 Managed money +16,738 Producers, merchants, processors and users −14,336 Swap dealers +42,42516 December 2025 Managed money +10,924 Producers, merchants, processors and users −735 Swap dealers +29,87513 January 2026 Managed money +17,713 Producers, merchants, processors and users −467 Swap dealers +31,22510 February 2026 Managed money +14,238 Producers, merchants, processors and users −1,468 Swap dealers +36,44210 March 2026 Managed money +14,194 Producers, merchants, processors and users −42,184 Swap dealers +53,6637 April 2026 Managed money +15,620 Producers, merchants, processors and users −26,761 Swap dealers +54,1775 May 2026 Managed money +17,049 Producers, merchants, processors and users −32,654 Swap dealers +38,8572 June 2026 Managed money +6,799 Producers, merchants, processors and users −31,374 Swap dealers +43,94130 June 2026 Managed money +6,498 Producers, merchants, processors and users −35,812 Swap dealers +66,35028 July 2026 Managed money +15,740 Producers, merchants, processors and users −32,667 Swap dealers +42,83625 August 2026 Managed money +7,126 Producers, merchants, processors and users −32,670 Swap dealers +62,24522 September 2026 Managed money +5,008 Producers, merchants, processors and users −31,693 Swap dealers +73,87620 October 2026 Managed money +2,849 Producers, merchants, processors and users −41,220 Swap dealers +70,936

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22 October 2024 Managed money +4,651 Producers, merchants, processors and users −4,040 Swap dealers +34,19529 October 2024 Managed money +5,675 Producers, merchants, processors and users −1,392 Swap dealers +37,2055 November 2024 Managed money +7,816 Producers, merchants, processors and users −846 Swap dealers +29,01212 November 2024 Managed money +6,459 Producers, merchants, processors and users −1,055 Swap dealers +33,44919 November 2024 Managed money +6,157 Producers, merchants, processors and users −3,299 Swap dealers +40,19226 November 2024 Managed money +6,276 Producers, merchants, processors and users +4,328 Swap dealers +43,4413 December 2024 Managed money +5,478 Producers, merchants, processors and users −10,205 Swap dealers +38,16510 December 2024 Managed money +2,678 Producers, merchants, processors and users −9,454 Swap dealers +42,04417 December 2024 Managed money +2,070 Producers, merchants, processors and users −10,195 Swap dealers +40,39724 December 2024 Managed money +1,223 Producers, merchants, processors and users −5,783 Swap dealers +39,68731 December 2024 Managed money +554 Producers, merchants, processors and users −7,163 Swap dealers +28,4327 January 2025 Managed money +3,414 Producers, merchants, processors and users −12,010 Swap dealers +28,01014 January 2025 Managed money −4,795 Producers, merchants, processors and users −19,745 Swap dealers +36,48721 January 2025 Managed money −6,920 Producers, merchants, processors and users −22,495 Swap dealers +37,89728 January 2025 Managed money −8,590 Producers, merchants, processors and users −15,582 Swap dealers +40,9594 February 2025 Managed money −8,940 Producers, merchants, processors and users −17,705 Swap dealers +40,77411 February 2025 Managed money −10,745 Producers, merchants, processors and users −20,429 Swap dealers +43,27118 February 2025 Managed money −11,563 Producers, merchants, processors and users −17,044 Swap dealers +45,49225 February 2025 Managed money −13,990 Producers, merchants, processors and users −17,337 Swap dealers +46,6644 March 2025 Managed money −4,712 Producers, merchants, processors and users −22,341 Swap dealers +29,57811 March 2025 Managed money −5,004 Producers, merchants, processors and users −24,019 Swap dealers +28,50118 March 2025 Managed money −3,624 Producers, merchants, processors and users −25,308 Swap dealers +26,86425 March 2025 Managed money −3,411 Producers, merchants, processors and users −21,995 Swap dealers +31,5391 April 2025 Managed money −1,201 Producers, merchants, processors and users −29,083 Swap dealers +32,8068 April 2025 Managed money −3,501 Producers, merchants, processors and users −30,423 Swap dealers +39,24115 April 2025 Managed money −3,109 Producers, merchants, processors and users −22,178 Swap dealers +38,77122 April 2025 Managed money −1,855 Producers, merchants, processors and users −22,945 Swap dealers +39,04629 April 2025 Managed money −2,894 Producers, merchants, processors and users −25,206 Swap dealers +40,9746 May 2025 Managed money +1,732 Producers, merchants, processors and users −36,316 Swap dealers +31,86813 May 2025 Managed money −205 Producers, merchants, processors and users −42,332 Swap dealers +36,98420 May 2025 Managed money +2,904 Producers, merchants, processors and users −34,681 Swap dealers +42,80927 May 2025 Managed money +2,898 Producers, merchants, processors and users −38,824 Swap dealers +43,8473 June 2025 Managed money +9,721 Producers, merchants, processors and users −35,377 Swap dealers +26,75910 June 2025 Managed money +10,550 Producers, merchants, processors and users −36,795 Swap dealers +24,32717 June 2025 Managed money +11,137 Producers, merchants, processors and users −39,121 Swap dealers +28,76924 June 2025 Managed money +12,261 Producers, merchants, processors and users −30,101 Swap dealers +30,8351 July 2025 Managed money +8,261 Producers, merchants, processors and users −24,008 Swap dealers +26,4108 July 2025 Managed money +7,521 Producers, merchants, processors and users −22,459 Swap dealers +23,29115 July 2025 Managed money +4,707 Producers, merchants, processors and users −23,042 Swap dealers +29,32422 July 2025 Managed money +4,185 Producers, merchants, processors and users −10,914 Swap dealers +27,05029 July 2025 Managed money +4,318 Producers, merchants, processors and users −5,866 Swap dealers +27,7535 August 2025 Managed money +2,440 Producers, merchants, processors and users −6,451 Swap dealers +27,21012 August 2025 Managed money −69 Producers, merchants, processors and users −9,237 Swap dealers +31,42419 August 2025 Managed money −276 Producers, merchants, processors and users −11,413 Swap dealers +36,18926 August 2025 Managed money −1,603 Producers, merchants, processors and users −6,101 Swap dealers +40,9652 September 2025 Managed money +4,709 Producers, merchants, processors and users −4,532 Swap dealers +32,8279 September 2025 Managed money +4,204 Producers, merchants, processors and users −8,614 Swap dealers +33,96116 September 2025 Managed money +5,415 Producers, merchants, processors and users −3,319 Swap dealers +26,34323 September 2025 Managed money +5,457 Producers, merchants, processors and users −4,787 Swap dealers +29,20730 September 2025 Managed money +6,116 Producers, merchants, processors and users −5,626 Swap dealers +33,9547 October 2025 Managed money +10,610 Producers, merchants, processors and users −17,905 Swap dealers +23,36014 October 2025 Managed money +8,431 Producers, merchants, processors and users −14,371 Swap dealers +27,38821 October 2025 Managed money +11,000 Producers, merchants, processors and users −16,710 Swap dealers +30,71928 October 2025 Managed money +11,353 Producers, merchants, processors and users −18,404 Swap dealers +34,8874 November 2025 Managed money +18,620 Producers, merchants, processors and users −15,118 Swap dealers +29,86310 November 2025 Managed money +18,488 Producers, merchants, processors and users −10,820 Swap dealers +33,88018 November 2025 Managed money +16,738 Producers, merchants, processors and users −14,336 Swap dealers +42,42525 November 2025 Managed money +13,947 Producers, merchants, processors and users −18,654 Swap dealers +44,5202 December 2025 Managed money +15,434 Producers, merchants, processors and users −11,704 Swap dealers +35,4209 December 2025 Managed money +14,829 Producers, merchants, processors and users −3,195 Swap dealers +34,35916 December 2025 Managed money +10,924 Producers, merchants, processors and users −735 Swap dealers +29,87523 December 2025 Managed money +14,950 Producers, merchants, processors and users +607 Swap dealers +27,18130 December 2025 Managed money +15,653 Producers, merchants, processors and users −766 Swap dealers +26,4636 January 2026 Managed money +16,484 Producers, merchants, processors and users −3,668 Swap dealers +29,00413 January 2026 Managed money +17,713 Producers, merchants, processors and users −467 Swap dealers +31,22520 January 2026 Managed money +14,220 Producers, merchants, processors and users +2,458 Swap dealers +36,41727 January 2026 Managed money +17,105 Producers, merchants, processors and users −861 Swap dealers +40,8873 February 2026 Managed money +13,281 Producers, merchants, processors and users −1,122 Swap dealers +34,58010 February 2026 Managed money +14,238 Producers, merchants, processors and users −1,468 Swap dealers +36,44217 February 2026 Managed money +10,836 Producers, merchants, processors and users −7,133 Swap dealers +42,82324 February 2026 Managed money +11,048 Producers, merchants, processors and users +7,141 Swap dealers +41,5893 March 2026 Managed money +15,099 Producers, merchants, processors and users −16,009 Swap dealers +41,40910 March 2026 Managed money +14,194 Producers, merchants, processors and users −42,184 Swap dealers +53,66317 March 2026 Managed money +13,317 Producers, merchants, processors and users −43,133 Swap dealers +63,71024 March 2026 Managed money +22,277 Producers, merchants, processors and users −41,167 Swap dealers +56,54031 March 2026 Managed money +19,881 Producers, merchants, processors and users −32,138 Swap dealers +64,9147 April 2026 Managed money +15,620 Producers, merchants, processors and users −26,761 Swap dealers +54,17714 April 2026 Managed money +14,323 Producers, merchants, processors and users −30,139 Swap dealers +50,60921 April 2026 Managed money +13,431 Producers, merchants, processors and users −33,126 Swap dealers +54,07628 April 2026 Managed money +13,812 Producers, merchants, processors and users −34,747 Swap dealers +58,2595 May 2026 Managed money +17,049 Producers, merchants, processors and users −32,654 Swap dealers +38,85712 May 2026 Managed money +15,063 Producers, merchants, processors and users −29,437 Swap dealers +43,01619 May 2026 Managed money +12,930 Producers, merchants, processors and users −26,542 Swap dealers +47,37126 May 2026 Managed money +9,568 Producers, merchants, processors and users −25,945 Swap dealers +52,0002 June 2026 Managed money +6,799 Producers, merchants, processors and users −31,374 Swap dealers +43,9419 June 2026 Managed money +7,755 Producers, merchants, processors and users −44,512 Swap dealers +46,97416 June 2026 Managed money +8,130 Producers, merchants, processors and users −43,490 Swap dealers +50,81823 June 2026 Managed money +6,823 Producers, merchants, processors and users −41,016 Swap dealers +60,94530 June 2026 Managed money +6,498 Producers, merchants, processors and users −35,812 Swap dealers +66,3507 July 2026 Managed money +12,356 Producers, merchants, processors and users −34,923 Swap dealers +57,36514 July 2026 Managed money +12,537 Producers, merchants, processors and users −39,226 Swap dealers +57,73121 July 2026 Managed money +14,255 Producers, merchants, processors and users −37,120 Swap dealers +60,16228 July 2026 Managed money +15,740 Producers, merchants, processors and users −32,667 Swap dealers +42,8364 August 2026 Managed money +6,691 Producers, merchants, processors and users −33,483 Swap dealers +56,84611 August 2026 Managed money +7,084 Producers, merchants, processors and users −38,709 Swap dealers +63,09518 August 2026 Managed money +6,836 Producers, merchants, processors and users −33,708 Swap dealers +65,36425 August 2026 Managed money +7,126 Producers, merchants, processors and users −32,670 Swap dealers +62,2451 September 2026 Managed money +5,307 Producers, merchants, processors and users −29,024 Swap dealers +65,8668 September 2026 Managed money +5,913 Producers, merchants, processors and users −28,964 Swap dealers +67,15315 September 2026 Managed money +7,896 Producers, merchants, processors and users −32,531 Swap dealers +70,44622 September 2026 Managed money +5,008 Producers, merchants, processors and users −31,693 Swap dealers +73,87629 September 2026 Managed money +4,186 Producers, merchants, processors and users −31,484 Swap dealers +64,1036 October 2026 Managed money +3,357 Producers, merchants, processors and users −41,789 Swap dealers +69,81313 October 2026 Managed money +2,703 Producers, merchants, processors and users −36,106 Swap dealers +70,79420 October 2026 Managed money +2,849 Producers, merchants, processors and users −41,220 Swap dealers +70,936

The lines

Managed money+2,849
Producers, merchants, processors and users−41,220
Swap dealers+70,936

Each point is one week of BRENT LAST DAY futures from the CFTC's Disaggregated report (futures only): the net position, long contracts less short contracts, of one group of traders, or all open contracts. The chart shows up to the newest ten years. Pointing at the chart shows the week and the value.

Select a line to followLatest: 20 Oct 2026

Managed money, net+2,849
Producers, merchants, processors and users, net−41,220
Swap dealers, net+70,936

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The latest week of BRENT LAST DAY futures beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year and five years earlier. The weeks of the last two years and every group's long and short are in the tables under "The numbers behind the chart".

Positions in BRENT LAST DAY futures in the week of 20 October 2026 beside earlier weeks (contracts)
Measure	Latest	The week before	A year earlier	Five years earlier
Week	20 October 2026	13 October 2026	14 October 2025	19 October 2021
Open interest	230,693	228,851	208,408	202,714
Managed money, net	+2,849	+2,703	+8,431	−25,006
Producers, merchants, processors and users, net	−41,220	−36,106	−14,371	−38,465
Swap dealers, net	+70,936	+70,794	+27,388	+61,878

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Observed 20 Oct 2026.

Right now

Managed money held a net long position of 2,849 contracts in BRENT LAST DAY futures in the week to 20 October 2026, the largest net long since the week of 6 October 2026.

The producers, merchants, processors and users were net short 41,220 contracts that week, and swap dealers net long 70,936 contracts.

See every week of the last two years

Open interestBRENT LAST DAY, week of 20 October 2026

Open interest was 230,693 contracts in the week to 20 October 2026, the most since the week of 29 September 2026.

+1,842 contracts from the week before, held by 55 reporting traders.

See the long and short of each group

RecordsOurs, since the week of 18 October 2011

Open interest was highest at 315,629 contracts in the week of 24 March 2026.

Managed money held their largest net long, 28,410 contracts, in the week of 23 January 2024, and their largest net short, 32,415 contracts, in the week of 23 March 2021.

See each group's positions

The other groupsNet, and the last week larger

Producers, merchants, processors and users: net short 41,220 contracts, the largest net short since the week of 6 October 2026.

Swap dealers: net long 70,936 contracts, the largest net long since the week of 22 September 2026.

Other reportable traders: net short 37,692 contracts, the largest net short since the week of 13 October 2026.

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Understanding the futures positions report

Where it stands today

Managed money were net long 2,849 contracts in BRENT LAST DAY futures in the week of 20 October 2026.

Who are the groups in the report?

The CFTC's Disaggregated report, one of its Commitments of Traders reports, gives the positions held in each commodity futures market on a Tuesday, sorted by kind of trader: managed money, producers, merchants, processors and users, swap dealers, other reportable traders and traders below the reporting level.

A position is a number of contracts, long or short; swap dealers, managed money and other reportables also report spread positions, which hold both. The CFTC assigns each reporting trader to a group from the business the trader reports. This page uses the report's futures-only figures, which leave out options. The report gives the contract size of BRENT LAST DAY futures as (CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS), and the market as BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE.

What 500metrics adds: net positions (long less short, which leave out spread positions), the change from the week before, the records since the week of 18 October 2011, and the last week a group's net position was larger on the same side.

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How were the BRENT LAST DAY positions split between long and short?Week of 20 October 2026, contracts

Long, short and spread positions of each group in BRENT LAST DAY futures (BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE), week of 20 October 2026 (contracts; net is ours)
Group	Long	Short	Spread	Net
Managed money	4,307	1,458	2,703	+2,849
Producers, merchants, processors and users	12,480	53,700	n/a	−41,220
Swap dealers	70,980	44	10,999	+70,936
Other reportable traders	32,074	69,766	84,546	−37,692
Nonreportable (below the reporting level)	12,604	7,477	n/a	+5,127

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What were the net positions in BRENT LAST DAY futures each week?104 weeks, newest first, since 29 October 2024

Open interest and net positions in BRENT LAST DAY futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours)
Week	Open interest	Managed money, net	Producers, merchants, processors and users, net	Swap dealers, net	Other reportable traders, net
20 October 2026	230,693	+2,849	−41,220	+70,936	−37,692
13 October 2026	228,851	+2,703	−36,106	+70,794	−41,775
6 October 2026	230,626	+3,357	−41,789	+69,813	−35,366
29 September 2026	243,324	+4,186	−31,484	+64,103	−39,849
22 September 2026	251,518	+5,008	−31,693	+73,876	−49,193
15 September 2026	260,719	+7,896	−32,531	+70,446	−48,525
8 September 2026	262,500	+5,913	−28,964	+67,153	−47,749
1 September 2026	253,258	+5,307	−29,024	+65,866	−44,704
25 August 2026	270,144	+7,126	−32,670	+62,245	−38,125
18 August 2026	253,532	+6,836	−33,708	+65,364	−39,086
11 August 2026	233,972	+7,084	−38,709	+63,095	−32,938
4 August 2026	218,894	+6,691	−33,483	+56,846	−32,530
28 July 2026	258,755	+15,740	−32,667	+42,836	−30,388
21 July 2026	247,812	+14,255	−37,120	+60,162	−40,985
14 July 2026	247,129	+12,537	−39,226	+57,731	−33,961
7 July 2026	241,351	+12,356	−34,923	+57,365	−37,005
30 June 2026	264,225	+6,498	−35,812	+66,350	−41,030
23 June 2026	258,223	+6,823	−41,016	+60,945	−31,314
16 June 2026	251,903	+8,130	−43,490	+50,818	−20,449
9 June 2026	251,441	+7,755	−44,512	+46,974	−16,638
2 June 2026	226,538	+6,799	−31,374	+43,941	−25,170
26 May 2026	249,447	+9,568	−25,945	+52,000	−42,382
19 May 2026	243,770	+12,930	−26,542	+47,371	−37,896
12 May 2026	246,926	+15,063	−29,437	+43,016	−33,097
5 May 2026	231,571	+17,049	−32,654	+38,857	−26,273
28 April 2026	269,896	+13,812	−34,747	+58,259	−39,369

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Open interest and net positions in BRENT LAST DAY futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours) (continued)
Week	Open interest	Managed money, net	Producers, merchants, processors and users, net	Swap dealers, net	Other reportable traders, net
21 April 2026	255,630	+13,431	−33,126	+54,076	−36,765
14 April 2026	262,459	+14,323	−30,139	+50,609	−37,979
7 April 2026	264,863	+15,620	−26,761	+54,177	−46,744
31 March 2026	297,990	+19,881	−32,138	+64,914	−55,696
24 March 2026	315,629	+22,277	−41,167	+56,540	−39,832
17 March 2026	283,788	+13,317	−43,133	+63,710	−35,874
10 March 2026	259,266	+14,194	−42,184	+53,663	−27,340
3 March 2026	251,667	+15,099	−16,009	+41,409	−42,567
24 February 2026	266,992	+11,048	+7,141	+41,589	−60,541
17 February 2026	272,933	+10,836	−7,133	+42,823	−47,103
10 February 2026	261,730	+14,238	−1,468	+36,442	−50,320
3 February 2026	239,816	+13,281	−1,122	+34,580	−47,391
27 January 2026	267,489	+17,105	−861	+40,887	−58,853
20 January 2026	240,048	+14,220	+2,458	+36,417	−56,370
13 January 2026	231,673	+17,713	−467	+31,225	−51,600
6 January 2026	216,192	+16,484	−3,668	+29,004	−44,336
30 December 2025	228,425	+15,653	−766	+26,463	−43,267
23 December 2025	223,486	+14,950	+607	+27,181	−45,281
16 December 2025	217,374	+10,924	−735	+29,875	−42,193
9 December 2025	220,220	+14,829	−3,195	+34,359	−47,798
2 December 2025	222,700	+15,434	−11,704	+35,420	−39,762
25 November 2025	253,031	+13,947	−18,654	+44,520	−40,981
18 November 2025	232,134	+16,738	−14,336	+42,425	−45,096
10 November 2025	212,410	+18,488	−10,820	+33,880	−41,543
4 November 2025	201,935	+18,620	−15,118	+29,863	−33,935
28 October 2025	218,368	+11,353	−18,404	+34,887	−30,771
21 October 2025	220,859	+11,000	−16,710	+30,719	−26,957
14 October 2025	208,408	+8,431	−14,371	+27,388	−23,117
7 October 2025	200,085	+10,610	−17,905	+23,360	−18,890
30 September 2025	222,255	+6,116	−5,626	+33,954	−36,365
23 September 2025	213,683	+5,457	−4,787	+29,207	−31,225
16 September 2025	205,173	+5,415	−3,319	+26,343	−30,114
9 September 2025	208,059	+4,204	−8,614	+33,961	−30,399
2 September 2025	202,581	+4,709	−4,532	+32,827	−33,351
26 August 2025	207,590	−1,603	−6,101	+40,965	−33,317
19 August 2025	205,436	−276	−11,413	+36,189	−25,927
12 August 2025	192,141	−69	−9,237	+31,424	−23,098
5 August 2025	186,614	+2,440	−6,451	+27,210	−24,588
29 July 2025	200,510	+4,318	−5,866	+27,753	−26,452
22 July 2025	193,236	+4,185	−10,914	+27,050	−21,041
15 July 2025	191,537	+4,707	−23,042	+29,324	−12,519
8 July 2025	178,660	+7,521	−22,459	+23,291	−8,486
1 July 2025	175,394	+8,261	−24,008	+26,410	−12,402
24 June 2025	198,308	+12,261	−30,101	+30,835	−14,147
17 June 2025	187,254	+11,137	−39,121	+28,769	+454
10 June 2025	189,441	+10,550	−36,795	+24,327	+2,666
3 June 2025	192,677	+9,721	−35,377	+26,759	+559
27 May 2025	223,958	+2,898	−38,824	+43,847	−7,330
20 May 2025	207,837	+2,904	−34,681	+42,809	−9,567
13 May 2025	197,915	−205	−42,332	+36,984	+5,842
6 May 2025	176,007	+1,732	−36,316	+31,868	+763
29 April 2025	201,559	−2,894	−25,206	+40,974	−12,195
22 April 2025	191,908	−1,855	−22,945	+39,046	−12,947
15 April 2025	186,998	−3,109	−22,178	+38,771	−12,570
8 April 2025	186,380	−3,501	−30,423	+39,241	−3,337
1 April 2025	174,865	−1,201	−29,083	+32,806	−1,642
25 March 2025	173,728	−3,411	−21,995	+31,539	−3,117
18 March 2025	165,355	−3,624	−25,308	+26,864	+2,796
11 March 2025	156,587	−5,004	−24,019	+28,501	+1,995
4 March 2025	148,385	−4,712	−22,341	+29,578	−688
25 February 2025	178,130	−13,990	−17,337	+46,664	−14,466
18 February 2025	172,450	−11,563	−17,044	+45,492	−18,875
11 February 2025	168,985	−10,745	−20,429	+43,271	−14,509
4 February 2025	162,502	−8,940	−17,705	+40,774	−16,481
28 January 2025	175,626	−8,590	−15,582	+40,959	−18,550
21 January 2025	177,119	−6,920	−22,495	+37,897	−8,761
14 January 2025	160,793	−4,795	−19,745	+36,487	−12,021
7 January 2025	141,837	+3,414	−12,010	+28,010	−20,886
31 December 2024	143,340	+554	−7,163	+28,432	−21,398
24 December 2024	155,652	+1,223	−5,783	+39,687	−34,792
17 December 2024	152,187	+2,070	−10,195	+40,397	−32,875
10 December 2024	148,256	+2,678	−9,454	+42,044	−34,571
3 December 2024	135,394	+5,478	−10,205	+38,165	−33,398
26 November 2024	158,465	+6,276	+4,328	+43,441	−56,163
19 November 2024	154,790	+6,157	−3,299	+40,192	−46,215
12 November 2024	144,921	+6,459	−1,055	+33,449	−42,123
5 November 2024	132,231	+7,816	−846	+29,012	−37,432
29 October 2024	152,089	+5,675	−1,392	+37,205	−42,984

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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

Positions are those of the Tuesday the report is dated; the CFTC released the report on 23 October 2026.
A trader's group comes from the CFTC's own classification. Nonreportable positions are open interest less the reportable positions.
Net positions leave out spread positions, so a group's long and short do not account for all of its contracts.
Records and ranks are counted from the week of 18 October 2011, the start of this market's latest run of weekly reports. The CFTC can revise a week in a later report, and our collector keeps the earlier figure.
Contracts are not comparable between markets: the size of one is the CFTC's contract size above.
Market names are the CFTC's own, written as it writes them. 500metrics is independent and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by any index provider, exchange or company named in them.

Observed 20 Oct 2026. Checked 29 Oct 2026, 12:51 UTC.

How to cite this

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders, Disaggregated report (futures only), BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, week of 20 October 2026, released 23 October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What positions do traders hold in BRENT LAST DAY futures?", https://500metrics.com/futures-positions/brent-last-day.

Page updated 29 Oct 2026, 12:53 UTC

Net positions in BRENT LAST DAY futures each week: managed money, producers, merchants, processors and users, swap dealers, contracts

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