CFTC COT report for 5 August 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
2025-08-05US 2YLeveraged Funds469,0082,584,007-2,114,999-136,490-149,13552th percentile
2025-08-05US 5YLeveraged Funds583,5463,897,999-3,314,453+62,684+185,45535th percentile
2025-08-05US 10YLeveraged Funds392,2962,638,835-2,246,539-48,097-188,2542th percentile
2025-08-05US BondLeveraged Funds69,263451,441-382,178+47,559+45,499100th percentile
2025-08-05Ultra BondLeveraged Funds75,668635,098-559,430-45,303-36,55740th percentile
2025-08-05S&P 500Leveraged Funds145,530470,773-325,243+40,184+22,39233th percentile
2025-08-05Russell 2000Leveraged Funds63,719180,841-117,122-26,478-39,5252th percentile
2025-08-05GBPLeveraged Funds64,90424,932+39,972-7,729+3,32342th 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
2025-08-05US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional2,801,416494,464+2,306,952+145,192+156,83496th percentile
2025-08-05US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional4,424,130812,576+3,611,554-64,745-117,18892th percentile
2025-08-05Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,281,097598,292+682,805+41,824+14,54340th percentile
2025-08-05US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional3,055,050843,663+2,211,387+39,676+16,90596th percentile
2025-08-05S&P 500Asset Manager/Institutional1,103,259254,278+848,981-23,603-14,55625th percentile
2025-08-05US BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,108,159613,564+494,595-22,340-74,11117th percentile
2025-08-05GBPAsset Manager/Institutional32,304115,629-83,325-17,729-70,1712th percentile
2025-08-05JPYAsset Manager/Institutional99,79941,669+58,130-13,421-29,62456th 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
2025-08-05SoybeansManaged Money99,566153,160109,580-53,594-28,822-6.28%-60,77827th percentile
2025-08-05GoldManaged Money186,30432,31719,305+153,987+19,73134.24%+25,04535th percentile
2025-08-05CopperManaged Money36,24317,99428,943+18,249-18,4119.21%-19,38944th percentile
2025-08-05Chicago SRW WheatManaged Money91,921174,87895,151-82,957-16,077-16.78%-25,36437th percentile
2025-08-05WTI Crude OilManaged Money164,19482,857466,960+81,337-16,0503.99%-64,3608th percentile
2025-08-05CornManaged Money204,378340,224282,407-135,846+15,098-8.39%+43,44131th percentile
2025-08-05NY Harbor ULSDManaged Money44,71317,92951,500+26,784-14,9697.65%-6,97588th percentile
2025-08-05Natural GasManaged Money218,647246,316549,230-27,669-14,660-1.72%+19,41456th 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
2025-08-05Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User311,279271,228+40,051+20,2774.50%+22,050100th percentile
2025-08-05SoybeansProducer/Merchant/Processor/User292,585370,633-78,048+19,365-9.15%+57,97356th percentile
2025-08-05Soybean OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User142,726324,762-182,036+17,915-29.27%-14,00021th percentile
2025-08-05GoldProducer/Merchant/Processor/User21,76055,777-34,017+14,153-7.56%+12,795100th percentile
2025-08-05NY Harbor ULSDProducer/Merchant/Processor/User67,744161,974-94,230+11,819-26.93%+9,90921th percentile
2025-08-05Cotton No. 2Producer/Merchant/Processor/User47,51452,473-4,959+10,023-2.10%+7,95375th percentile
2025-08-05RBOB GasolineProducer/Merchant/Processor/User112,549173,321-60,772+8,615-18.29%+5,14463th percentile
2025-08-05Chicago SRW WheatProducer/Merchant/Processor/User91,95778,463+13,494+8,1332.73%+10,98765th 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
2025-08-05Dow JonesOther Reportables150+15+2,4180.01%+1,93592th percentile
2025-08-05GBPNon-Reportable29,30628,646+660+1,9560.31%-9,68837th percentile
2025-08-05NZDAsset Manager/Institutional11,45313,264-1,811-5,714-3.76%-11,04079th percentile
2025-08-05NZDNon-Reportable3,7805,106-1,326-2,254-2.75%-3,34448th percentile
2025-08-05Ultra BondOther Reportables22,15617,826+4,330+6,7490.21%+48,506100th percentile
2025-08-05US 2YOther Reportables251,908203,833+48,075+78,4461.04%+34,12312th percentile
2025-08-05Chicago SRW WheatOther Reportables40,57936,18747,730+4,392+7,1970.88%+8,63944th percentile
2025-08-05CopperNon-Reportable20,1488,072+12,076+12,3476.10%+10,578100th percentile