CFTC COT report for 20 August 2024

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
2024-08-20US 10YLeveraged Funds188,8092,373,719-2,184,910-175,814-653,9412th percentile
2024-08-20S&P 500Leveraged Funds184,653535,744-351,091-74,637-76,23638th percentile
2024-08-20US 2YLeveraged Funds400,4802,743,183-2,342,703-56,731-109,9602th percentile
2024-08-20US 5YLeveraged Funds535,5463,606,743-3,071,197+43,034-304,2444th percentile
2024-08-20US BondLeveraged Funds203,141726,692-523,551-26,153-52,6312th percentile
2024-08-20Ultra BondLeveraged Funds64,285728,827-664,542+24,760+36,06031th percentile
2024-08-20EURLeveraged Funds75,33978,023-2,684+20,734-7,02440th percentile
2024-08-20VIXLeveraged Funds63,98488,786-24,802+14,941+10,37031th percentile

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
2024-08-20US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional2,618,897887,952+1,730,945+65,230+312,989100th percentile
2024-08-20US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional3,965,7081,064,705+2,901,003-41,547+268,57898th percentile
2024-08-20Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,062,102331,188+730,914-30,929-19,20065th percentile
2024-08-20GBPAsset Manager/Institutional68,86577,300-8,435+30,870-11,99090th percentile
2024-08-20EURAsset Manager/Institutional436,430131,472+304,958+27,843+30,92048th percentile
2024-08-20S&P 500Asset Manager/Institutional1,129,086161,677+967,409+18,473-27,73385th percentile
2024-08-20AUDAsset Manager/Institutional61,418101,363-39,945+8,176-6,66392th percentile
2024-08-20NZDAsset Manager/Institutional8,14521,901-13,756+5,629+61754th percentile

Largest Managed Money commodity changes

Disaggregated commodity futures ranked independently from TFF categories.

CFTC positioning observations
Report dateMarketParticipantLongShortSpreadNetWeekly changeNet / OI4-report change52-report context
2024-08-20WTI Crude OilManaged Money204,95435,041467,981+169,913-21,8529.75%-55,12850th percentile
2024-08-20Natural GasManaged Money219,567259,607410,716-40,040+21,356-2.63%+17,47162th percentile
2024-08-20Chicago SRW WheatManaged Money86,237136,16977,627-49,932+21,094-12.05%+23,22788th percentile
2024-08-20Sugar No. 11Managed Money113,608135,72696,743-22,118-16,034-2.68%-20,31810th percentile
2024-08-20GoldManaged Money222,14228,83719,236+193,305+15,39036.27%+30,445100th percentile
2024-08-20SoybeansManaged Money50,775218,701102,549-167,926-13,125-20.57%+5,0198th percentile
2024-08-20Lean HogsManaged Money58,59548,76030,397+9,835+11,5374.21%+15,99346th percentile
2024-08-20SilverManaged Money39,5179,67811,004+29,839+6,50520.30%+4,48567th percentile

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
2024-08-20SoybeansProducer/Merchant/Processor/User358,564276,781+81,783+14,35010.02%+56,794100th percentile
2024-08-20Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User296,984336,491-39,507+13,748-4.80%+17,18175th percentile
2024-08-20Chicago SRW WheatProducer/Merchant/Processor/User61,17789,831-28,654-11,686-6.91%-10,91621th percentile
2024-08-20GoldProducer/Merchant/Processor/User15,56979,564-63,995-11,060-12.00%-9,7802th percentile
2024-08-20Soybean MealProducer/Merchant/Processor/User124,951266,184-141,233-7,785-26.50%+6,93862th percentile
2024-08-20Soybean OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User158,367254,086-95,719-7,622-16.65%+47,90356th percentile
2024-08-20CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User425,001444,446-19,445+7,174-1.25%-17,73767th percentile
2024-08-20WTI Crude OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User517,920401,840+116,080-6,1076.66%+31,77969th percentile

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
2024-08-20Dow JonesDealer/Intermediary31,88133,959-2,078-5,739-2.38%+6,39363th percentile
2024-08-20Dow JonesAsset Manager/Institutional19,52016,855+2,665+4,5523.05%-5,17835th percentile
2024-08-20S&P 500Other Reportables92,21089,179+3,031+24,2600.14%+48,19387th percentile
2024-08-20AUDNon-Reportable25,33824,819+519+6,3840.27%-12,33867th percentile
2024-08-20JPYAsset Manager/Institutional50,50049,244+1,256+4,2630.39%+54,19892th percentile
2024-08-20Lean HogsManaged Money58,59548,76030,397+9,835+11,5374.21%+15,99346th percentile
2024-08-20RBOB GasolineNon-Reportable17,24820,272-3,024-3,085-0.83%-7,5482th percentile
2024-08-20NY Harbor ULSDNon-Reportable37,16240,055-2,893-6,260-0.69%-9,9462th percentile
2024-08-20PlatinumManaged Money29,72328,6925,015+1,031+1,7561.26%-60256th percentile