CFTC COT report for 27 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
2024-08-27US 10YLeveraged Funds175,6912,108,295-1,932,604+252,306-188,8996th percentile
2024-08-27US 2YLeveraged Funds330,1452,488,095-2,157,950+184,753+18,93817th percentile
2024-08-27Ultra BondLeveraged Funds60,266696,546-636,280+28,262+75,46756th percentile
2024-08-27US 5YLeveraged Funds489,5253,533,019-3,043,494+27,703-115,8426th percentile
2024-08-27EURLeveraged Funds94,32273,854+20,468+23,152+38,63298th percentile
2024-08-27US BondLeveraged Funds196,411696,935-500,524+23,027-34,4734th percentile
2024-08-27CADLeveraged Funds8,70281,657-72,955+16,302+29,83512th percentile
2024-08-27Russell 2000Leveraged Funds53,690103,626-49,936+14,741+9,37042th 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
2024-08-27US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional2,348,006841,917+1,506,089-224,856-116,67192th percentile
2024-08-27US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional2,425,455474,764+1,950,691-120,380+58,26594th percentile
2024-08-27CADAsset Manager/Institutional27,513125,444-97,931+37,833+52,52119th percentile
2024-08-27Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,090,180333,134+757,046+26,132-7,22385th percentile
2024-08-27GBPAsset Manager/Institutional88,04872,661+15,387+23,822+27,821100th percentile
2024-08-27AUDAsset Manager/Institutional76,56894,708-18,140+21,805+34,988100th percentile
2024-08-27EURAsset Manager/Institutional442,350120,806+321,544+16,586+56,54063th percentile
2024-08-27S&P 500Asset Manager/Institutional1,146,987165,064+981,923+14,514+35,10496th 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
2024-08-27Sugar No. 11Managed Money123,119107,75098,983+15,369+37,4871.84%+11,54629th percentile
2024-08-27Natural GasManaged Money219,643291,182406,854-71,539-31,499-4.66%-17,67640th percentile
2024-08-27Lean HogsManaged Money66,98534,97829,201+32,007+22,17213.22%+26,87862th percentile
2024-08-27Soybean OilManaged Money60,425126,85359,432-66,428+17,355-12.28%-8,39113th percentile
2024-08-27WTI Crude OilManaged Money210,97731,008449,273+179,969+10,05610.32%-19,28156th percentile
2024-08-27CornManaged Money176,695425,360209,072-248,665+8,594-17.11%+51,64542th percentile
2024-08-27Cotton No. 2Managed Money30,30074,80133,650-44,501+7,008-19.58%+2,72310th percentile
2024-08-27GoldManaged Money217,97617,68521,993+200,291+6,98638.38%+47,927100th 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
2024-08-27Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User304,037372,343-68,306-28,799-8.21%-15,04346th percentile
2024-08-27CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User380,743424,324-43,581-24,136-2.99%-39,61646th percentile
2024-08-27Lean HogsProducer/Merchant/Processor/User17,99563,823-45,828-10,100-18.93%-12,71440th percentile
2024-08-27Soybean OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User143,595249,353-105,758-10,039-19.55%+3,41746th percentile
2024-08-27RBOB GasolineProducer/Merchant/Processor/User121,394157,487-36,093-6,560-10.51%+17,24896th percentile
2024-08-27WTI Crude OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User515,484392,996+122,488+6,4087.02%+23,78077th percentile
2024-08-27NY Harbor ULSDProducer/Merchant/Processor/User101,138188,022-86,884-6,179-21.15%+2,22767th percentile
2024-08-27Natural GasProducer/Merchant/Processor/User228,630280,700-52,070+5,131-3.39%+8,48198th 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
2024-08-27CADNon-Reportable32,04228,184+3,858+6,4541.30%+11,38188th percentile
2024-08-27EURLeveraged Funds94,32273,854+20,468+23,1522.81%+38,63298th percentile
2024-08-27GBPAsset Manager/Institutional88,04872,661+15,387+23,8225.61%+27,821100th percentile
2024-08-27NZDNon-Reportable4,9434,286+657+8881.00%+3,21369th percentile
2024-08-27Cotton No. 2Producer/Merchant/Processor/User53,21056,457-3,247-3,802-1.42%+1,83494th percentile
2024-08-27Rough RiceProducer/Merchant/Processor/User5,1084,856+252+5812.84%+593100th percentile
2024-08-27Sugar No. 11Non-Reportable63,53158,453+5,078+11,0880.61%+7,00735th percentile
2024-08-27Sugar No. 11Managed Money123,119107,75098,983+15,369+37,4871.84%+11,54629th percentile
2024-08-27PalladiumNon-Reportable1,6231,684-61-418-0.23%-1,43931th percentile