CFTC COT report for 22 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
2023-08-22US 10YLeveraged Funds397,5131,765,801-1,368,288-54,869Insufficient history
2023-08-22US 2YLeveraged Funds848,0112,330,995-1,482,984-38,621Insufficient history
2023-08-22S&P 500Leveraged Funds120,216452,038-331,822-35,790Insufficient history
2023-08-22US 5YLeveraged Funds1,074,6072,565,265-1,490,658+34,999Insufficient history
2023-08-22Ultra BondLeveraged Funds74,435745,353-670,918-13,833Insufficient history
2023-08-22Russell 2000Leveraged Funds80,604129,281-48,677-11,514Insufficient history
2023-08-22Dow JonesLeveraged Funds11,20421,641-10,437-10,091Insufficient history
2023-08-22EURLeveraged Funds91,72160,015+31,706+8,651Insufficient 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
2023-08-22US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional2,675,6571,070,953+1,604,704-75,090Insufficient history
2023-08-22EURAsset Manager/Institutional467,60885,738+381,870-30,382Insufficient history
2023-08-22US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional1,821,106523,872+1,297,234+26,240Insufficient history
2023-08-22S&P 500Asset Manager/Institutional1,108,490353,508+754,982-24,545Insufficient history
2023-08-22US BondAsset Manager/Institutional756,392260,504+495,888+16,431Insufficient history
2023-08-22Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional922,469279,038+643,431+15,694Insufficient history
2023-08-22GBPAsset Manager/Institutional92,20459,054+33,150+12,255Insufficient history
2023-08-22Russell 2000Asset Manager/Institutional190,559163,296+27,263-12,189Insufficient 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
2023-08-22CornManaged Money161,136282,748162,928-121,612-34,988-9.34%Insufficient history
2023-08-22WTI Crude OilManaged Money219,60175,393342,109+144,208-29,6348.88%Insufficient history
2023-08-22Natural GasManaged Money182,451200,600261,998-18,149-28,001-1.56%Insufficient history
2023-08-22GoldManaged Money105,08595,97632,173+9,109-20,4272.11%Insufficient history
2023-08-22SilverManaged Money36,49735,1146,667+1,383+8,0531.01%Insufficient history
2023-08-22Coffee CManaged Money27,12261,86929,543-34,747-7,918-18.19%Insufficient history
2023-08-22Soybean OilManaged Money84,88628,97162,677+55,915+7,47111.62%Insufficient history
2023-08-22Live CattleManaged Money101,09410,70045,995+90,394-7,37730.01%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
2023-08-22CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User423,802517,557-93,755+26,701-7.20%Insufficient history
2023-08-22Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User304,961467,293-162,332+15,991-17.19%Insufficient history
2023-08-22WTI Crude OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User454,780428,439+26,341+12,5611.62%Insufficient history
2023-08-22Natural GasProducer/Merchant/Processor/User161,129253,139-92,010+10,132-7.92%Insufficient history
2023-08-22Soybean MealProducer/Merchant/Processor/User102,022293,814-191,792+9,354-40.48%Insufficient history
2023-08-22Live CattleProducer/Merchant/Processor/User33,778155,163-121,385+7,627-40.31%Insufficient history
2023-08-22NY Harbor ULSDProducer/Merchant/Processor/User97,527198,116-100,589-6,469-30.19%Insufficient history
2023-08-22Cotton No. 2Producer/Merchant/Processor/User32,468111,440-78,972+6,169-39.24%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
2023-08-22Nasdaq-100Non-Reportable41,65541,051+604+1,0570.22%Insufficient history
2023-08-22Soybean OilOther Reportables20,86025,13034,374-4,270-5,978-0.88%Insufficient history
2023-08-22Kansas City HRW WheatOther Reportables14,76314,36310,358+400+2,4800.20%Insufficient history
2023-08-22Kansas City HRW WheatManaged Money37,94444,18932,973-6,245-6,424-3.26%Insufficient history
2023-08-22Chicago SRW WheatNon-Reportable37,52936,516+1,013+3,0510.26%Insufficient history
2023-08-22Natural GasManaged Money182,451200,600261,998-18,149-28,001-1.56%Insufficient history
2023-08-22NY Harbor ULSDOther Reportables8,2945,17436,851+3,120+4,1360.93%Insufficient history
2023-08-22SilverManaged Money36,49735,1146,667+1,383+8,0531.01%Insufficient history