CFTC COT report for 19 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
Official CFTC sourceLargest Leveraged Fund changes
TFF financial futures ranked by absolute weekly contract change.
| Report date | Market | Participant | Long | Short | Net | Weekly change | 4-report change | 52-report context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-19 | US 10Y | Leveraged Funds | 316,923 | 2,733,883 | -2,416,960 | -86,808 | -486,800 | 2th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | US 2Y | Leveraged Funds | 373,860 | 2,459,154 | -2,085,294 | +75,344 | -105,626 | 54th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Ultra Bond | Leveraged Funds | 69,584 | 685,965 | -616,381 | -38,336 | -103,279 | 23th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | S&P 500 | Leveraged Funds | 141,214 | 506,555 | -365,341 | +21,411 | -24,032 | 10th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Russell 2000 | Leveraged Funds | 66,628 | 160,390 | -93,762 | +20,734 | -16,325 | 6th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | US 5Y | Leveraged Funds | 567,638 | 3,917,255 | -3,349,617 | +16,518 | +46,223 | 33th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | VIX | Leveraged Funds | 81,385 | 170,437 | -89,052 | -8,071 | -6,926 | 2th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | JPY | Leveraged Funds | 33,996 | 77,350 | -43,354 | -7,948 | -37,293 | 6th percentile |
Largest Asset Manager/Institutional changes
Ranked separately because official participant categories should not be combined.
| Report date | Market | Participant | Long | Short | Net | Weekly change | 4-report change | 52-report context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-19 | US 10Y | Asset Manager/Institutional | 3,173,317 | 743,650 | +2,429,667 | +118,737 | +374,379 | 100th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Ultra Bond | Asset Manager/Institutional | 1,282,281 | 520,563 | +761,718 | +61,465 | +136,224 | 98th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | US 5Y | Asset Manager/Institutional | 4,465,721 | 792,689 | +3,673,032 | +33,286 | +101,346 | 92th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | S&P 500 | Asset Manager/Institutional | 1,142,641 | 272,049 | +870,592 | -15,767 | +18,324 | 37th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | US 2Y | Asset Manager/Institutional | 2,749,105 | 506,154 | +2,242,951 | -14,720 | +62,447 | 87th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | US Bond | Asset Manager/Institutional | 1,109,821 | 582,706 | +527,115 | +12,981 | +22,113 | 35th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | VIX | Asset Manager/Institutional | 94,423 | 57,393 | +37,030 | +11,676 | +14,230 | 100th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | JPY | Asset Manager/Institutional | 106,374 | 36,807 | +69,567 | +9,870 | -791 | 58th percentile |
Largest Managed Money commodity changes
Disaggregated commodity futures ranked independently from TFF categories.
| Report date | Market | Participant | Long | Short | Spread | Net | Weekly change | Net / OI | 4-report change | 52-report context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-19 | Corn | Managed Money | 239,953 | 354,590 | 198,990 | -114,637 | +27,702 | -7.31% | +36,126 | 33th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Soybeans | Managed Money | 97,108 | 98,861 | 125,897 | -1,753 | +24,470 | -0.19% | -10,862 | 60th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | WTI Crude Oil | Managed Money | 143,330 | 115,885 | 429,802 | +27,445 | -21,420 | 1.42% | -70,792 | 2th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Soybean Meal | Managed Money | 57,395 | 146,488 | 88,564 | -89,093 | +20,491 | -13.67% | +35,528 | 37th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Natural Gas | Managed Money | 217,563 | 254,250 | 554,599 | -36,687 | +14,046 | -2.28% | -6,602 | 52th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Soybean Oil | Managed Money | 89,034 | 56,157 | 111,733 | +32,877 | -12,113 | 5.36% | -21,307 | 46th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Gold | Managed Money | 173,388 | 36,003 | 28,778 | +137,385 | -10,902 | 31.32% | -22,549 | 33th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | RBOB Gasoline | Managed Money | 48,932 | 22,960 | 41,488 | +25,972 | +9,474 | 7.77% | +8,379 | 40th percentile |
Largest Producer/Merchant/Processor/User changes
Physical commodity business participants remain in their official category.
| Report date | Market | Participant | Long | Short | Spread | Net | Weekly change | Net / OI | 4-report change | 52-report context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-19 | Soybeans | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 320,681 | 447,377 | — | -126,696 | -30,380 | -14.16% | +9,226 | 33th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Corn | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 456,402 | 535,131 | — | -78,729 | -27,566 | -5.02% | -29,713 | 85th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Soybean Oil | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 142,707 | 303,058 | — | -160,351 | +19,176 | -26.17% | +29,584 | 60th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Natural Gas | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 214,548 | 232,319 | — | -17,771 | +12,483 | -1.10% | +23,806 | 79th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Cotton No. 2 | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 50,981 | 57,918 | — | -6,937 | -8,321 | -2.87% | +8,704 | 67th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Soybean Meal | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 209,469 | 277,515 | — | -68,046 | -5,240 | -10.44% | -13,579 | 83th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Sugar No. 11 | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 321,614 | 290,747 | — | +30,867 | +4,753 | 3.42% | +7,571 | 96th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Chicago SRW Wheat | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 106,065 | 82,334 | — | +23,731 | +3,562 | 4.81% | +29,203 | 83th percentile |
Net-position flips
Crossings from net-long to net-short or the reverse relative to the preceding available report.
| Report date | Market | Participant | Long | Short | Spread | Net | Weekly change | Net / OI | 4-report change | 52-report context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-19 | Dow Jones | Dealer/Intermediary | 36,184 | 34,178 | — | +2,006 | +3,127 | 2.35% | +8,316 | 96th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Dow Jones | Other Reportables | 2,207 | 353 | — | +1,854 | +2,044 | 2.17% | +3,629 | 98th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Dow Jones | Non-Reportable | 10,682 | 10,948 | — | -266 | -1,725 | -0.31% | -1,924 | 25th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Russell 2000 | Other Reportables | 4,504 | 4,159 | — | +345 | +419 | 0.08% | +9,395 | 56th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | EUR | Other Reportables | 18,733 | 21,297 | — | -2,564 | -2,732 | -0.31% | -22,428 | 10th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | JPY | Non-Reportable | 36,614 | 34,313 | — | +2,301 | +2,640 | 0.65% | -8,414 | 31th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Ultra Bond | Other Reportables | 20,671 | 20,931 | — | -260 | -4,151 | -0.01% | +32,708 | 96th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Coffee C | Swap Dealer | 23,370 | 26,189 | 3,001 | -2,819 | -4,283 | -1.85% | +5,735 | 98th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Cotton No. 2 | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 50,981 | 57,918 | — | -6,937 | -8,321 | -2.87% | +8,704 | 67th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Orange Juice | Non-Reportable | 1,369 | 1,368 | — | +1 | +215 | 0.01% | -64 | 31th percentile |
| 2025-08-19 | Sugar No. 11 | Non-Reportable | 69,614 | 71,750 | — | -2,136 | -6,640 | -0.23% | +10,166 | 33th percentile |