CFTC COT report for 20 January 2026

Week-ended positions · TFF Futures Only and Disaggregated Futures Only · 42 reviewed markets · processed 26 Jul 2026, 17:40

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
2026-01-20US 10YLeveraged Funds555,7592,647,983-2,092,224+178,637+206,10350th percentile
2026-01-20US 2YLeveraged Funds464,0402,648,498-2,184,458+53,635+22,47113th percentile
2026-01-20Ultra BondLeveraged Funds75,410740,033-664,623-43,477-51,47015th percentile
2026-01-20US 5YLeveraged Funds448,7753,675,546-3,226,771+41,744+164,71073th percentile
2026-01-20S&P 500Leveraged Funds116,526530,611-414,085+31,895-43,02529th percentile
2026-01-20EURLeveraged Funds100,07389,837+10,236-15,156-45,87127th percentile
2026-01-20JPYLeveraged Funds52,959137,696-84,737+13,913-6,5816th percentile
2026-01-20VIXLeveraged Funds49,67386,899-37,226-13,569-12,19765th 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
2026-01-20US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional2,996,3941,108,700+1,887,694-293,001-198,83821th percentile
2026-01-20US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional4,212,528703,943+3,508,585-157,308-205,83140th percentile
2026-01-20Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,413,434440,153+973,281+52,526+87,505100th percentile
2026-01-20S&P 500Asset Manager/Institutional1,099,843207,449+892,394-38,906-44,50952th percentile
2026-01-20US BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,084,838585,717+499,121-34,634+12,21829th percentile
2026-01-20US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional2,645,132464,247+2,180,885-27,593-80,18963th percentile
2026-01-20EURAsset Manager/Institutional543,954152,750+391,204-12,912+80792th percentile
2026-01-20JPYAsset Manager/Institutional65,18547,455+17,730-10,493-30,6186th 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
2026-01-20Natural GasManaged Money193,342270,443534,658-77,101+28,033-4.77%+29,30612th percentile
2026-01-20Soybean OilManaged Money68,56294,964118,171-26,402+27,690-4.06%+35,65015th percentile
2026-01-20Soybean MealManaged Money70,086112,89268,901-42,806-21,771-8.13%-24,53877th percentile
2026-01-20Lean HogsManaged Money108,64616,43045,168+92,216+13,55827.65%+20,03954th percentile
2026-01-20Sugar No. 11Managed Money108,901255,155140,671-146,254-8,778-14.83%+2,48825th percentile
2026-01-20SoybeansManaged Money104,85790,233110,831+14,624-5,3611.74%-97,63742th percentile
2026-01-20Chicago SRW WheatManaged Money85,522199,082143,795-113,560-5,313-21.87%-15,3864th percentile
2026-01-20CornManaged Money209,697305,564252,997-95,867-5,209-5.74%-97,65938th 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
2026-01-20WTI Crude OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User570,993366,556+204,437-25,40410.40%-40,7112th percentile
2026-01-20Soybean MealProducer/Merchant/Processor/User152,223250,907-98,684+15,444-18.75%+16,14535th percentile
2026-01-20Lean HogsProducer/Merchant/Processor/User29,024150,041-121,017-14,787-36.29%-26,25640th percentile
2026-01-20Soybean OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User196,983281,047-84,064-14,640-12.93%-38,36390th percentile
2026-01-20CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User467,997652,463-184,466+14,310-11.06%+95,44860th percentile
2026-01-20Natural GasProducer/Merchant/Processor/User252,020234,588+17,432+9,1001.08%+17,971100th percentile
2026-01-20GoldProducer/Merchant/Processor/User18,73161,020-42,289+8,876-8.00%+8,99590th percentile
2026-01-20CopperProducer/Merchant/Processor/User26,626116,589-89,963-7,240-32.31%+5,8558th 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
2026-01-20Dow JonesDealer/Intermediary24,71619,643+5,073+6,0327.22%+8,77779th percentile
2026-01-20GBPOther Reportables1,0411,180-139-416-0.06%-26871th percentile
2026-01-20GBPNon-Reportable33,24328,345+4,898+5,1322.35%+7,35565th percentile
2026-01-20JPYNon-Reportable43,04739,358+3,689+4,3441.26%-99235th percentile
2026-01-20BitcoinOther Reportables1,2311,462-231-750-0.94%-69142th percentile
2026-01-20VIXNon-Reportable24,77624,880-104-2,693-0.02%+1,04235th percentile
2026-01-20Orange JuiceNon-Reportable1,5011,604-103-146-1.13%-10844th percentile