Brent Crude — Detailed Positioning

Net Positions, Open Interest & Price

Green/red bars = speculator net position. Blue line = commercial net. Shaded zones mark historical positioning extremes (top/bottom 10%).

Positioning Percentile

Where does the current speculator position rank over 1, 3, and 5 years? Higher = more bullish vs. history.

1-Year
3-Year
5-Year

Trader Breakdown Disaggregated Report

CFTC Disaggregated report breaks commercials into Producers vs Swap Dealers, and non-commercials into Managed Money (hedge funds/CTAs) vs Other Reportables.

Producer/Merchant
-43,133
▼ -949
Swap Dealer
63,710
▲ +10,047
Managed Money
13,317
▼ -877
Other Reportable
-35,874
▼ -8,534

Long / Short Breakdown (Non-Commercial)

Total long and short contracts held by speculators. The gap between the two = net position shown above.

Market Concentration (Top Traders)

% of open interest held by the top 4 and 8 traders. Higher concentration = more fragile positioning, vulnerable to sudden unwinds.

Recent Weeks

Date Open Interest Noncomm Net Comm Net Chg OI Chg Noncomm Net
2026-03-17 283,788 -22,557 20,577 24,522 -9,411
2026-03-10 259,266 -13,146 11,479 7,599 +14,322
2026-03-03 251,667 -27,468 25,400 -15,325 +22,025
2026-02-24 266,992 -49,493 48,730 -5,941 -13,226
2026-02-17 272,933 -36,267 35,690 11,203 -185
2026-02-10 261,730 -36,082 34,974 21,914 -1,972
2026-02-03 239,816 -34,110 33,458 -27,673 +7,638
2026-01-27 267,489 -41,748 40,026 27,441 +402