CFTC COT report for 18 February 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
2025-02-18US 5YLeveraged Funds382,0743,263,234-2,881,160+174,883-184,66338th percentile
2025-02-18US 10YLeveraged Funds530,4331,913,104-1,382,671+162,078-30,64158th percentile
2025-02-18US 2YLeveraged Funds408,8662,411,033-2,002,167+83,544+118,62269th percentile
2025-02-18Nasdaq-100Leveraged Funds40,127108,348-68,221-15,917-28,0692th percentile
2025-02-18US BondLeveraged Funds376,899816,910-440,011+10,039-10,64858th percentile
2025-02-18EURLeveraged Funds89,424100,651-11,227+9,600+24,00750th percentile
2025-02-18AUDLeveraged Funds15,67849,025-33,347+9,148+3,31213th percentile
2025-02-18JPYLeveraged Funds43,97467,824-23,850+7,169+15,78671th 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
2025-02-18US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional3,698,054682,354+3,015,700-123,123+126,96892th percentile
2025-02-18US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional2,268,693313,265+1,955,428-52,911-34,72548th percentile
2025-02-18US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional2,479,135961,413+1,517,722-46,653-152,53548th percentile
2025-02-18S&P 500Asset Manager/Institutional1,136,814185,795+951,019+16,455+18,28640th percentile
2025-02-18EURAsset Manager/Institutional346,446173,913+172,533+12,288+11,65523th percentile
2025-02-18GBPAsset Manager/Institutional40,42696,902-56,476+11,589+7,85535th percentile
2025-02-18VIXAsset Manager/Institutional72,61969,907+2,712+10,684-3,38577th percentile
2025-02-18Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,094,340399,733+694,607+10,001+8,16338th 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
2025-02-18CornManaged Money438,58378,850394,791+359,733+33,48917.36%+38,04998th percentile
2025-02-18Natural GasManaged Money241,387137,356532,495+104,031+29,9816.59%+56,132100th percentile
2025-02-18Sugar No. 11Managed Money126,211139,716116,722-13,505+28,211-1.36%+34,72623th percentile
2025-02-18Chicago SRW WheatManaged Money79,599127,44390,834-47,844+26,329-10.93%+41,73571th percentile
2025-02-18WTI Crude OilManaged Money189,76183,869376,556+105,892-24,4126.04%-141,55313th percentile
2025-02-18GoldManaged Money222,53837,20942,964+185,329-9,47435.48%-30,54067th percentile
2025-02-18Soybean MealManaged Money55,649109,92087,660-54,271-9,450-9.23%+5,16221th percentile
2025-02-18Lean HogsManaged Money118,6826,93739,405+111,745+9,35733.74%+21,05285th 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
2025-02-18CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User383,5241,096,835-713,311-35,954-34.43%-55,4022th percentile
2025-02-18Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User324,146335,294-11,148-25,947-1.12%-47,64783th percentile
2025-02-18SoybeansProducer/Merchant/Processor/User325,382417,130-91,748+16,823-10.16%+34,71812th percentile
2025-02-18Cotton No. 2Producer/Merchant/Processor/User67,99985,567-17,568-12,585-6.31%-15,53060th percentile
2025-02-18Chicago SRW WheatProducer/Merchant/Processor/User55,41079,518-24,108-11,182-5.51%-27,15744th percentile
2025-02-18RBOB GasolineProducer/Merchant/Processor/User159,193238,131-78,938+9,344-18.46%-1,83446th percentile
2025-02-18Coffee CProducer/Merchant/Processor/User29,53882,831-53,293-9,274-32.75%-1,44852th percentile
2025-02-18Soybean OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User154,185342,098-187,913-9,117-33.17%-36,68410th 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
2025-02-18Dow JonesLeveraged Funds12,74514,080-1,335-4,201-1.65%-7,05113th percentile
2025-02-18GBPOther Reportables3,3765,549-2,173-3,545-1.06%-2,17463th percentile
2025-02-18VIXAsset Manager/Institutional72,61969,907+2,712+10,6840.67%-3,38577th percentile
2025-02-18VIXOther Reportables4,5345,946-1,412-4,388-0.35%-7,3654th percentile
2025-02-18Rough RiceNon-Reportable2,1912,233-42-143-0.33%+30717th percentile
2025-02-18Sugar No. 11Other Reportables79,40186,60352,912-7,202-22,392-0.72%-23,96623th percentile
2025-02-18Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User324,146335,294-11,148-25,947-1.12%-47,64783th percentile
2025-02-18Chicago SRW WheatNon-Reportable33,98734,300-313-1,973-0.07%-4,45779th percentile