CFTC COT report for 5 September 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

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Largest Leveraged Fund changes

TFF financial futures ranked by absolute weekly contract change.

CFTC positioning observations
Report dateMarketParticipantLongShortNetWeekly change4-report change52-report context
2023-09-05US 5YLeveraged Funds855,3542,512,302-1,656,948-136,754-89,395Insufficient history
2023-09-05US 2YLeveraged Funds804,9842,130,279-1,325,295+30,941+90,123Insufficient history
2023-09-05Ultra BondLeveraged Funds88,971702,358-613,387+28,719+22,488Insufficient history
2023-09-05US BondLeveraged Funds36,640505,894-469,254-26,691-60,229Insufficient history
2023-09-05S&P 500Leveraged Funds126,248461,550-335,302+18,421-7,776Insufficient history
2023-09-05AUDLeveraged Funds44,15842,581+1,577-10,496-17,761Insufficient history
2023-09-05Russell 2000Leveraged Funds72,824113,177-40,353+8,706-21,787Insufficient history
2023-09-05VIXLeveraged Funds80,127109,347-29,220+8,580+11,730Insufficient 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
2023-09-05US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional2,645,914939,188+1,706,726+109,067+39,136Insufficient history
2023-09-05US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional1,657,456511,834+1,145,622-89,172-100,620Insufficient history
2023-09-05S&P 500Asset Manager/Institutional1,107,940327,801+780,139+24,732+5,789Insufficient history
2023-09-05VIXAsset Manager/Institutional93,15682,737+10,419-13,300-11,767Insufficient history
2023-09-05EURAsset Manager/Institutional461,039107,353+353,686-11,809-63,176Insufficient history
2023-09-05US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional2,630,7211,194,739+1,435,982+11,174+132,732Insufficient history
2023-09-05GBPAsset Manager/Institutional83,06969,954+13,115-6,562-2,878Insufficient history
2023-09-05JPYAsset Manager/Institutional66,176108,909-42,733-6,413-21,091Insufficient 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
2023-09-05WTI Crude OilManaged Money268,73835,820369,833+232,918+61,15313.67%+27,543Insufficient history
2023-09-05Sugar No. 11Managed Money243,90647,117110,990+196,789+28,48820.35%+46,865Insufficient history
2023-09-05Cotton No. 2Managed Money68,20616,73014,396+51,476+14,45222.50%+21,913Insufficient history
2023-09-05GoldManaged Money120,22269,85733,104+50,365+11,12311.48%-8,241Insufficient history
2023-09-05CopperManaged Money52,77848,94125,756+3,837+10,2721.98%+9,016Insufficient history
2023-09-05SoybeansManaged Money114,34837,87190,264+76,477-8,41510.67%+13,500Insufficient history
2023-09-05Soybean MealManaged Money77,47912,48190,431+64,998-7,72514.26%-3,053Insufficient history
2023-09-05Lean HogsManaged Money52,81920,10729,429+32,712+5,06316.09%-1,478Insufficient 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
2023-09-05Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User271,852483,137-211,285-18,866-21.84%-28,071Insufficient history
2023-09-05Cotton No. 2Producer/Merchant/Processor/User34,149133,879-99,730-13,811-43.59%-14,014Insufficient history
2023-09-05WTI Crude OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User441,087418,540+22,547-9,5141.32%+14,997Insufficient history
2023-09-05CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User402,471504,133-101,662+9,163-8.26%+59,641Insufficient history
2023-09-05Soybean MealProducer/Merchant/Processor/User84,754285,096-200,342+6,246-43.97%+18,836Insufficient history
2023-09-05CocoaProducer/Merchant/Processor/User48,447132,343-83,896-6,176-28.91%-8,104Insufficient history
2023-09-05Soybean OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User114,951278,616-163,665+5,809-36.01%-1,649Insufficient history
2023-09-05CopperProducer/Merchant/Processor/User28,22960,380-32,151-4,918-16.60%+4,237Insufficient 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
2023-09-05VIXOther Reportables4,8406,612-1,772-9,927-0.44%-474Insufficient history
2023-09-05CopperManaged Money52,77848,94125,756+3,837+10,2721.98%+9,016Insufficient history
2023-09-05PalladiumNon-Reportable1,7461,613+133+3120.75%+240Insufficient history