CFTC COT report for 15 August 2023

Week-ended positions · TFF Futures Only and Disaggregated Futures Only · 42 reviewed markets · processed 26 Jul 2026, 17:38

Financial TFF: available · Commodity Disaggregated: available

Official CFTC source

Largest Leveraged Fund changes

TFF financial futures ranked by absolute weekly contract change.

CFTC positioning observations
Report dateMarketParticipantLongShortNetWeekly change4-report change52-report context
2023-08-15US 5YLeveraged Funds1,076,9582,602,615-1,525,657+41,896Insufficient history
2023-08-15S&P 500Leveraged Funds146,415442,447-296,032+31,494Insufficient history
2023-08-15US 2YLeveraged Funds773,7552,218,118-1,444,363-28,945Insufficient history
2023-08-15US 10YLeveraged Funds432,9101,746,329-1,313,419-26,299Insufficient history
2023-08-15Nasdaq-100Leveraged Funds45,78881,138-35,350+21,288Insufficient history
2023-08-15Ultra BondLeveraged Funds78,143735,228-657,085-21,210Insufficient history
2023-08-15Russell 2000Leveraged Funds82,992120,155-37,163-18,597Insufficient history
2023-08-15VIXLeveraged Funds75,730100,429-24,699+16,251Insufficient history

Largest Asset Manager/Institutional changes

Ranked separately because official participant categories should not be combined.

CFTC positioning observations
Report dateMarketParticipantLongShortNetWeekly change4-report change52-report context
2023-08-15US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional2,645,9191,260,297+1,385,622+82,372Insufficient history
2023-08-15US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional1,771,591500,597+1,270,994+24,752Insufficient history
2023-08-15Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional930,803303,066+627,737+24,718Insufficient history
2023-08-15JPYAsset Manager/Institutional58,22298,987-40,765-19,123Insufficient history
2023-08-15CADAsset Manager/Institutional30,51157,546-27,035-15,225Insufficient history
2023-08-15AUDAsset Manager/Institutional38,663123,705-85,042-13,055Insufficient history
2023-08-15US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional2,739,3521,059,558+1,679,794+12,204Insufficient history
2023-08-15VIXAsset Manager/Institutional89,28273,537+15,745-6,441Insufficient history

Largest Managed Money commodity changes

Disaggregated commodity futures ranked independently from TFF categories.

CFTC positioning observations
Report dateMarketParticipantLongShortSpreadNetWeekly changeNet / OI4-report change52-report context
2023-08-15CornManaged Money168,408255,032157,527-86,624-53,571-6.73%Insufficient history
2023-08-15WTI Crude OilManaged Money239,36765,525355,077+173,842-31,53310.20%Insufficient history
2023-08-15GoldManaged Money113,14683,61030,928+29,536-29,0706.81%Insufficient history
2023-08-15CopperManaged Money50,09770,08129,610-19,984-14,805-8.91%Insufficient history
2023-08-15SoybeansManaged Money92,76843,57873,486+49,190-13,7877.70%Insufficient history
2023-08-15Coffee CManaged Money25,42952,25826,092-26,829-13,128-14.54%Insufficient history
2023-08-15Chicago SRW WheatManaged Money56,429130,86467,790-74,435-12,290-19.85%Insufficient history
2023-08-15Soybean MealManaged Money75,82419,27782,274+56,547-11,50411.50%Insufficient history

Largest Producer/Merchant/Processor/User changes

Physical commodity business participants remain in their official category.

CFTC positioning observations
Report dateMarketParticipantLongShortSpreadNetWeekly changeNet / OI4-report change52-report context
2023-08-15CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User414,403534,859-120,456+40,847-9.35%Insufficient history
2023-08-15SoybeansProducer/Merchant/Processor/User225,744360,199-134,455+22,959-21.04%Insufficient history
2023-08-15Soybean MealProducer/Merchant/Processor/User98,867300,013-201,146+18,032-40.93%Insufficient history
2023-08-15CopperProducer/Merchant/Processor/User40,92565,669-24,744+11,644-11.03%Insufficient history
2023-08-15Coffee CProducer/Merchant/Processor/User45,33858,283-12,945+10,290-7.01%Insufficient history
2023-08-15Natural GasProducer/Merchant/Processor/User159,942262,084-102,142-7,703-8.74%Insufficient history
2023-08-15Chicago SRW WheatProducer/Merchant/Processor/User54,11890,839-36,721+6,594-9.79%Insufficient history
2023-08-15Kansas City HRW WheatProducer/Merchant/Processor/User30,38359,198-28,815+6,297-15.49%Insufficient history

Net-position flips

Crossings from net-long to net-short or the reverse relative to the preceding available report.

CFTC positioning observations
Report dateMarketParticipantLongShortSpreadNetWeekly changeNet / OI4-report change52-report context
2023-08-15Dow JonesDealer/Intermediary36,76836,480+288+8,2820.27%Insufficient history
2023-08-15Dow JonesLeveraged Funds17,90118,247-346-11,793-0.33%Insufficient history
2023-08-15Dow JonesNon-Reportable14,41914,077+342+1,9060.32%Insufficient history
2023-08-15Nasdaq-100Other Reportables12,81323,345-10,532-13,607-3.93%Insufficient history
2023-08-15CADLeveraged Funds38,30237,204+1,098+3,4490.69%Insufficient history
2023-08-15CADNon-Reportable30,49632,854-2,358-7,598-1.49%Insufficient history
2023-08-15CHFOther Reportables1,5090+1,509+1,6003.52%Insufficient history
2023-08-15CHFNon-Reportable15,26215,455-193-1,553-0.45%Insufficient history
2023-08-15Feeder CattleSwap Dealer1,1531,1112,259+42+520.07%Insufficient history