Commitments of Traders · Disaggregated, futures only

What positions do traders hold in SOYBEAN OIL futures?

In SOYBEAN OIL futures, managed money held a net long position of 71,518 contracts and open interest was 570,462 contracts on (CFTC Commitments of Traders, released ).

Net positions in SOYBEAN OIL 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

Net positions in SOYBEAN OIL futures each week: managed money, producers, merchants, processors and users, swap dealers, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Net positions in SOYBEAN OIL futures each week: managed money, producers, merchants, processors and users, swap dealers, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

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  • Managed money+71,518
  • Producers, merchants, processors and users−185,746
  • Swap dealers+92,353

Open interest in SOYBEAN OIL futures each week, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Contracts

Open interest in SOYBEAN OIL futures each week, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Open interest in SOYBEAN OIL futures each week, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

Each point is one week of SOYBEAN OIL 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.

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The latest week of SOYBEAN OIL 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 SOYBEAN OIL futures in the week of 20 October 2026 beside earlier weeks (contracts)
MeasureLatestThe week beforeA year earlierFive years earlier
Week
Open interest570,462565,878625,438416,033
Managed money, net+71,518+87,972+3,934+80,994
Producers, merchants, processors and users, net−185,746−212,565−137,811−197,728
Swap dealers, net+92,353+88,398+98,562+100,181

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Right now

Managed money held a net long position of 71,518 contracts in SOYBEAN OIL futures in the week to , the largest net long since the week of .

The producers, merchants, processors and users were net short 185,746 contracts that week, and swap dealers net long 92,353 contracts.

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Open interestSOYBEAN OIL, week of 20 October 2026

Open interest was 570,462 contracts in the week to , the most since the week of .

+4,584 contracts from the week before, held by 324 reporting traders.

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RecordsOurs, since the week of 13 June 2006

Open interest was highest at 746,951 contracts in the week of .

Managed money held their largest net long, 167,943 contracts, in the week of , and their largest net short, 110,846 contracts, in the week of .

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The other groupsNet, and the last week larger

Producers, merchants, processors and users: net short 185,746 contracts, the largest net short since the week of .

Swap dealers: net long 92,353 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

Other reportable traders: net long 10,109 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

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Understanding the futures positions report

Where it stands today

Managed money were net long 71,518 contracts in SOYBEAN OIL 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.

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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 SOYBEAN OIL futures as (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS), and the market as SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.

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 13 June 2006, and the last week a group's net position was larger on the same side.

The numbers behind the chart

How were the SOYBEAN OIL positions split between long and short?Week of 20 October 2026, contracts
Long, short and spread positions of each group in SOYBEAN OIL futures (SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE), week of 20 October 2026 (contracts; net is ours)
GroupLongShortSpreadNet
Managed money104,48432,96694,222+71,518
Producers, merchants, processors and users131,862317,608n/a−185,746
Swap dealers97,1724,81930,020+92,353
Other reportable traders28,86418,75550,229+10,109
Nonreportable (below the reporting level)33,60921,843n/a+11,766

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What were the net positions in SOYBEAN OIL futures each week?104 weeks, newest first, since 29 October 2024
Open interest and net positions in SOYBEAN OIL futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours)
WeekOpen interestManaged money, netProducers, merchants, processors and users, netSwap dealers, netOther reportable traders, net
570,462+71,518−185,746+92,353+10,109
565,878+87,972−212,565+88,398+21,351
549,657+93,518−213,814+88,626+17,761
549,820+83,564−205,297+90,383+18,302
605,458+92,137−210,576+87,990+18,063
605,960+101,480−222,969+84,540+23,298
601,961+91,711−213,790+84,337+25,271
609,008+99,823−224,427+84,399+26,726
597,071+85,116−199,392+85,918+19,490
624,433+91,233−200,805+84,593+13,009
620,069+79,284−180,590+84,414+4,644
623,230+79,033−174,108+83,449+1,359
650,041+107,898−200,829+88,407−6,986
661,652+120,246−209,731+84,856−6,104
638,102+107,945−195,576+77,217−702
642,514+84,919−182,246+77,938+9,747
630,035+91,946−190,255+80,546+7,503
658,976+103,206−192,846+74,420+5,969
687,004+122,424−198,149+77,747−4,807
690,051+128,746−214,000+78,898−6,792
732,813+150,595−235,283+79,289−2,156
717,825+139,779−238,895+83,350+1,794
716,142+154,276−256,514+83,758+3,831
704,130+159,537−252,965+83,358−1,435
705,664+166,959−261,663+78,957+1,928
709,224+164,339−255,000+71,905+7,473
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Open interest and net positions in SOYBEAN OIL futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours) (continued)
WeekOpen interestManaged money, netProducers, merchants, processors and users, netSwap dealers, netOther reportable traders, net
746,951+167,943−248,709+67,329+1,138
722,682+150,217−220,626+62,972−3,271
730,818+148,357−226,904+62,752−115
741,746+129,956−215,507+66,558+4,601
738,609+118,496−200,327+69,772−1,361
729,392+119,610−208,171+72,833+487
721,541+103,882−188,247+73,269−2,131
712,331+68,193−162,713+76,934+4,996
717,299+57,314−162,150+81,534+12,123
713,795+36,709−142,269+79,389+15,262
695,631+29,458−134,387+71,457+23,819
667,851+7,266−107,205+67,252+28,641
662,084+10,547−116,137+70,521+30,729
649,710−26,402−84,064+79,019+30,945
642,121−54,092−69,424+92,163+28,957
639,134−65,816−52,890+106,666+14,653
630,045−66,972−46,858+110,997+6,532
662,742−62,052−45,701+106,576+4,167
667,726−35,815−67,807+102,564+3,195
658,799−8,532−113,665+101,495+17,423
683,096−5,809−120,608+103,382+18,323
692,473−20,116−95,738+99,227+17,191
737,253−11,408−119,058+97,874+24,732
713,520−25,880−102,065+96,841+28,155
695,548−22,682−103,879+96,552+28,777
675,609−118−127,485+93,530+28,797
661,607+1,446−134,956+96,164+34,657
625,438+3,934−137,811+98,562+35,018
612,118+6,683−144,915+102,741+33,591
619,379−707−134,102+104,741+28,879
642,066+1,810−136,429+103,945+28,361
641,441+17,913−157,596+102,591+29,588
631,776+4,414−145,204+104,832+29,466
606,808+14,922−154,581+99,893+31,461
604,231+28,303−163,190+99,554+27,207
612,673+32,877−160,351+100,828+17,330
615,090+44,990−179,527+102,452+21,079
621,782+53,714−182,036+96,018+21,232
637,235+62,108−199,951+96,492+24,948
634,023+54,184−189,935+99,845+22,330
616,368+41,621−178,823+102,342+22,504
605,578+37,223−168,036+99,286+21,939
602,310+39,126−168,725+99,481+18,600
594,109+43,775−170,720+97,198+19,714
596,843+44,355−173,372+100,930+18,977
581,794+26,194−149,354+102,322+15,060
595,753+33,834−151,753+103,964+8,105
601,583+54,578−175,290+105,589+6,507
594,907+55,596−180,917+106,685+11,323
584,996+66,654−188,617+104,805+7,545
576,761+57,796−181,065+105,426+9,109
547,896+64,035−183,763+103,119+6,130
560,911+55,672−168,369+101,480+4,719
567,609+44,541−163,351+101,045+11,054
577,958+32,457−160,420+105,148+16,253
597,282−2,133−133,878+117,540+14,217
596,420−43,388−94,944+119,826+20,039
584,855−26,425−111,621+120,314+16,591
566,507−13,319−112,895+113,275+11,773
560,353+9,750−133,898+113,149+4,740
548,988+44,881−168,159+115,153−564
566,427+57,497−187,913+114,975+5,152
564,386+49,922−178,796+113,643+5,246
573,437+45,409−173,623+112,944+8,186
565,174+39,511−165,597+111,704+8,656
561,905+26,809−151,229+111,497+11,692
563,997+8,191−147,433+113,462+26,212
557,470−34,550−111,288+105,286+40,350
549,487−32,189−111,593+104,324+37,945
543,349−22,414−121,840+104,607+38,171
567,128+1,382−140,678+106,112+31,968
564,473+13,287−158,970+108,219+29,576
565,354+7,334−140,559+108,307+19,494
552,333+21,480−148,711+109,290+14,013
578,654+52,327−191,727+110,656+15,837
584,662+72,970−221,080+110,197+24,255
552,254+61,177−199,822+113,722+15,361
529,331+37,189−185,728+116,023+27,156

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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 13 June 2006, 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.

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How to cite this

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders, Disaggregated report (futures only), SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE, week of 20 October 2026, released 23 October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What positions do traders hold in SOYBEAN OIL futures?", https://500metrics.com/futures-positions/soybean-oil.

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