CFTC COT report for 16 September 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
2025-09-16US 5YLeveraged Funds497,6663,818,579-3,320,913+148,358+28,70442th percentile
2025-09-16S&P 500Leveraged Funds120,980595,966-474,986-58,385-109,6452th percentile
2025-09-16US 2YLeveraged Funds432,1132,625,627-2,193,514-27,158-108,22035th percentile
2025-09-16Ultra BondLeveraged Funds89,318751,115-661,797-18,239-45,41610th percentile
2025-09-16US 10YLeveraged Funds517,1362,920,409-2,403,273+15,797+13,68710th percentile
2025-09-16US BondLeveraged Funds95,725462,275-366,550+11,883-16,60494th percentile
2025-09-16JPYLeveraged Funds39,64290,432-50,790-9,128-7,4368th percentile
2025-09-16EURLeveraged Funds108,03981,802+26,237-6,375-6,98975th 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
2025-09-16US BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,132,760628,501+504,259-67,807-22,85613th percentile
2025-09-16US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional4,271,194680,589+3,590,605-53,701-82,42777th percentile
2025-09-16AUDAsset Manager/Institutional43,02383,465-40,442+28,019+33,33333th percentile
2025-09-16GBPAsset Manager/Institutional49,08092,078-42,998+27,309+24,14346th percentile
2025-09-16Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,337,742522,938+814,804+23,618+53,086100th percentile
2025-09-16JPYAsset Manager/Institutional102,12532,025+70,100-15,753+53352th percentile
2025-09-16US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional3,065,636829,261+2,236,375-15,714-193,29288th percentile
2025-09-16US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional2,778,890468,291+2,310,599+14,325+67,64896th 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
2025-09-16WTI Crude OilManaged Money138,586101,787447,017+36,799+26,7971.87%+9,35410th percentile
2025-09-16Sugar No. 11Managed Money119,068245,33887,623-126,270+18,616-13.74%-36,3364th percentile
2025-09-16CornManaged Money217,894299,391224,154-81,497+18,096-5.32%+33,14040th percentile
2025-09-16SoybeansManaged Money105,484105,296111,963+188+13,5700.02%+1,94156th percentile
2025-09-16Soybean OilManaged Money75,02957,116122,023+17,913+13,4992.79%-14,96431th percentile
2025-09-16Cotton No. 2Managed Money35,12895,40831,782-60,280+9,268-23.31%-3,46723th percentile
2025-09-16Lean HogsManaged Money152,93412,63356,406+140,301+9,19836.61%+37,707100th percentile
2025-09-16Chicago SRW WheatManaged Money94,296180,095108,801-85,799+7,488-18.71%+14,36742th 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
2025-09-16Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User342,513301,539+40,974-54,8544.46%+10,10796th percentile
2025-09-16CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User415,020571,856-156,836-20,050-10.25%-78,10771th percentile
2025-09-16Natural GasProducer/Merchant/Processor/User211,918225,574-13,656+16,984-0.83%+4,11585th percentile
2025-09-16SoybeansProducer/Merchant/Processor/User333,805467,640-133,835-13,494-14.94%-7,13931th percentile
2025-09-16Soybean OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User152,853310,449-157,596-12,392-24.56%+2,75565th percentile
2025-09-16WTI Crude OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User643,865351,124+292,741-8,65914.91%-5,05385th percentile
2025-09-16Chicago SRW WheatProducer/Merchant/Processor/User82,91671,184+11,732-8,2512.55%-11,99952th percentile
2025-09-16Cotton No. 2Producer/Merchant/Processor/User63,51062,205+1,305-7,9210.50%+8,24285th 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
2025-09-16Dow JonesNon-Reportable12,52111,595+926+1,6140.94%+1,19238th percentile
2025-09-16BitcoinOther Reportables2,9672,948+19+6830.06%+1,19244th percentile
2025-09-16Ultra BondNon-Reportable180,682176,690+3,992+8,6560.19%-7,75544th percentile
2025-09-16Cotton No. 2Non-Reportable12,94812,900+48+1,5020.01%+26952th percentile
2025-09-16Orange JuiceNon-Reportable1,4781,362+116+1661.40%+11538th percentile
2025-09-16SoybeansManaged Money105,484105,296111,963+188+13,5700.02%+1,94156th percentile
2025-09-16Chicago SRW WheatNon-Reportable30,90331,844-941-1,103-0.20%-2,22044th percentile