CFTC COT report for 17 September 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
2024-09-17US 10YLeveraged Funds187,0822,271,474-2,084,392-118,956+100,5184th percentile
2024-09-17S&P 500Leveraged Funds194,486545,872-351,386-99,842-29537th percentile
2024-09-17US BondLeveraged Funds194,290789,429-595,139-52,371-71,5882th percentile
2024-09-17US 5YLeveraged Funds547,8113,650,981-3,103,170+22,926-31,9738th percentile
2024-09-17Nasdaq-100Leveraged Funds24,11878,630-54,512-19,033+1,23812th percentile
2024-09-17VIXLeveraged Funds55,59082,809-27,219+17,226-2,41725th percentile
2024-09-17GBPLeveraged Funds82,61236,953+45,659-10,965+1,89477th percentile
2024-09-17AUDLeveraged Funds13,51730,632-17,115-8,513+9,97235th 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
2024-09-17US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional2,462,991827,478+1,635,513+61,520-95,43296th percentile
2024-09-17US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional3,781,569909,940+2,871,629-60,046-29,37490th percentile
2024-09-17S&P 500Asset Manager/Institutional1,179,532160,997+1,018,535+36,226+51,126100th percentile
2024-09-17US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional2,564,206401,595+2,162,611+34,633+91,540100th percentile
2024-09-17Russell 2000Asset Manager/Institutional211,331117,642+93,689+25,633+39,17798th percentile
2024-09-17AUDAsset Manager/Institutional56,67390,816-34,143-22,106+5,80288th percentile
2024-09-17GBPAsset Manager/Institutional73,05272,500+552-15,456+8,98790th percentile
2024-09-17EURAsset Manager/Institutional427,973121,834+306,139-12,289+1,18150th 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
2024-09-17WTI Crude OilManaged Money187,27056,497486,144+130,773+34,9407.21%-39,14038th percentile
2024-09-17GoldManaged Money241,84425,48921,035+216,355+25,90040.24%+23,050100th percentile
2024-09-17Sugar No. 11Managed Money118,77864,95876,707+53,820+22,6527.11%+75,93862th percentile
2024-09-17Cotton No. 2Managed Money31,76260,78035,709-29,018+20,268-12.34%+22,49129th percentile
2024-09-17PlatinumManaged Money27,33916,6847,081+10,655+15,05313.46%+9,62475th percentile
2024-09-17Natural GasManaged Money212,839250,015449,211-37,176+13,801-2.41%+2,86471th percentile
2024-09-17SilverManaged Money51,07411,4554,388+39,619+13,79828.17%+9,78096th percentile
2024-09-17SoybeansManaged Money53,287166,039111,129-112,752+7,968-13.32%+55,17450th 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
2024-09-17Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User259,031385,925-126,894-47,054-16.77%-87,38723th percentile
2024-09-17Cotton No. 2Producer/Merchant/Processor/User52,84268,729-15,887-20,533-6.76%-16,44285th percentile
2024-09-17SoybeansProducer/Merchant/Processor/User364,789328,164+36,625-9,0374.32%-45,15865th percentile
2024-09-17CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User342,268469,206-126,938+7,068-8.92%-107,49312th percentile
2024-09-17NY Harbor ULSDProducer/Merchant/Processor/User118,413181,362-62,949+6,659-14.11%+17,756100th percentile
2024-09-17Coffee CProducer/Merchant/Processor/User39,28694,006-54,720-6,591-26.53%-3,06763th percentile
2024-09-17SilverProducer/Merchant/Processor/User1,82138,830-37,009-6,565-26.32%-2,36340th percentile
2024-09-17CopperProducer/Merchant/Processor/User24,30366,276-41,973-5,575-20.50%-87744th 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
2024-09-17CHFNon-Reportable14,39515,015-620-1,039-1.05%+3,76292th percentile
2024-09-17NZDDealer/Intermediary10,90313,226-2,323-3,985-4.71%-19,03421th percentile
2024-09-17CocoaOther Reportables6,9508,55210,597-1,602-2,118-1.11%+94635th percentile
2024-09-17CocoaSwap Dealer9,8508,0655,165+1,785+1,8941.24%+4,35483th percentile
2024-09-17Cotton No. 2Non-Reportable13,97812,470+1,508+4,2070.64%+1,90362th percentile
2024-09-17Cotton No. 2Producer/Merchant/Processor/User52,84268,729-15,887-20,533-6.76%-16,44285th percentile
2024-09-17Rough RiceNon-Reportable1,3761,238+138+4851.49%-2776th percentile
2024-09-17Rough RiceProducer/Merchant/Processor/User5,2935,531-238-632-2.57%+9192th percentile
2024-09-17Rough RiceSwap Dealer64610+3+1680.03%+18435th percentile
2024-09-17PalladiumOther Reportables1,8592,207167-348-1,755-1.85%-2,99238th percentile
2024-09-17PalladiumProducer/Merchant/Processor/User2,5852,797-212-1,972-1.13%-2,6052th percentile
2024-09-17PlatinumManaged Money27,33916,6847,081+10,655+15,05313.46%+9,62475th percentile