CFTC COT report for 21 January 2025

Week-ended positions · TFF Futures Only and Disaggregated Futures Only · 42 reviewed markets · processed 26 Jul 2026, 17:39

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
2025-01-21US 2YLeveraged Funds394,9312,515,720-2,120,789+125,153+285,41060th percentile
2025-01-21S&P 500Leveraged Funds138,324525,999-387,675-90,310-55,97217th percentile
2025-01-21US 10YLeveraged Funds449,9781,802,008-1,352,030-84,419+120,43763th percentile
2025-01-21US 5YLeveraged Funds373,1913,069,688-2,696,497+30,951+70,02760th percentile
2025-01-21US BondLeveraged Funds338,455767,818-429,363+28,447+64,87254th percentile
2025-01-21JPYLeveraged Funds27,59167,227-39,636+12,745-2,19558th percentile
2025-01-21Russell 2000Leveraged Funds45,41799,861-54,444-8,188-12,11544th percentile
2025-01-21VIXLeveraged Funds45,64980,950-35,301-6,804-39,99215th 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
2025-01-21US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional2,317,912327,759+1,990,153-119,045-202,32658th percentile
2025-01-21US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional3,559,236670,504+2,888,732-37,181+3,05275th percentile
2025-01-21US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional2,530,971860,714+1,670,257+36,366+82,22888th percentile
2025-01-21US BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,016,184496,044+520,140-29,139-88,57975th percentile
2025-01-21CADAsset Manager/Institutional33,303166,181-132,878+22,170+26,68629th percentile
2025-01-21GBPAsset Manager/Institutional43,354107,685-64,331-9,102-2,68721th percentile
2025-01-21S&P 500Asset Manager/Institutional1,113,434180,701+932,733+7,141-108,35121th percentile
2025-01-21JPYAsset Manager/Institutional50,19663,403-13,207+6,902-3,27369th 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
2025-01-21Sugar No. 11Managed Money129,116177,347106,416-48,231-50,423-4.86%-115,3802th percentile
2025-01-21CornManaged Money424,992103,308313,045+321,684+29,52116.55%+156,078100th percentile
2025-01-21GoldManaged Money226,96411,09562,339+215,869+20,24737.77%+50,37296th percentile
2025-01-21Soybean OilManaged Money79,05452,24570,147+26,809+18,6184.77%+49,22387th percentile
2025-01-21WTI Crude OilManaged Money285,60638,161397,136+247,445+11,20313.25%+60,53196th percentile
2025-01-21Natural GasManaged Money191,688143,789567,448+47,899-8,9612.99%+50,60898th percentile
2025-01-21Lean HogsManaged Money101,35210,65941,329+90,693-7,62229.92%-26,32471th percentile
2025-01-21SoybeansManaged Money144,41278,49193,855+65,921+7,5947.72%+119,721100th 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
2025-01-21Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User341,491304,992+36,499+66,1173.67%+134,415100th percentile
2025-01-21CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User407,0461,064,955-657,909-59,712-33.86%-197,6272th percentile
2025-01-21SoybeansProducer/Merchant/Processor/User299,843426,309-126,466-17,229-14.81%-136,1402th percentile
2025-01-21Natural GasProducer/Merchant/Processor/User204,090296,149-92,059-16,532-5.74%-62,74423th percentile
2025-01-21Chicago SRW WheatProducer/Merchant/Processor/User63,00659,957+3,049-10,0270.64%-21,44790th percentile
2025-01-21GoldProducer/Merchant/Processor/User20,111100,717-80,606-6,619-14.10%-5,8174th percentile
2025-01-21CopperProducer/Merchant/Processor/User24,81867,784-42,966-5,765-19.77%-11,19563th percentile
2025-01-21Live CattleProducer/Merchant/Processor/User42,289188,323-146,034+5,127-38.56%-7,2208th 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
2025-01-21Dow JonesAsset Manager/Institutional14,24911,244+3,005+6,3343.67%+2,72329th percentile
2025-01-21Russell 2000Other Reportables15,56418,421-2,857-3,009-0.65%-6,23540th percentile
2025-01-21GBPOther Reportables3,1313,130+1+2,5810.00%+3,01679th percentile
2025-01-21JPYDealer/Intermediary17,79224,265-6,473-30,333-3.05%-4,20231th percentile
2025-01-21JPYNon-Reportable43,64237,798+5,844+7,4562.76%+11,83892th percentile
2025-01-21VIXNon-Reportable41,40938,778+2,631+4,0820.72%+6,45290th percentile
2025-01-21Ultra BondNon-Reportable175,998175,354+644+8,5490.03%+5,09517th percentile
2025-01-21Soybean OilNon-Reportable29,37628,145+1,231+1,6630.21%-24521th percentile
2025-01-21Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User341,491304,992+36,499+66,1173.67%+134,415100th percentile
2025-01-21Sugar No. 11Swap Dealer134,128135,73962,742-1,611-21,316-0.16%-32,28931th percentile
2025-01-21Sugar No. 11Managed Money129,116177,347106,416-48,231-50,423-4.86%-115,3802th percentile
2025-01-21NY Harbor ULSDManaged Money42,62638,97430,007+3,652+4,1351.00%+22,34473th percentile