CFTC COT report for 27 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
2026-01-27US 5YLeveraged Funds460,3433,571,183-3,110,840+115,931+291,81392th percentile
2026-01-27US 2YLeveraged Funds525,0792,637,138-2,112,059+72,399+107,67625th percentile
2026-01-27US 10YLeveraged Funds353,7362,507,898-2,154,162-61,938+203,97550th percentile
2026-01-27Ultra BondLeveraged Funds70,461765,307-694,846-30,223-78,8082th percentile
2026-01-27VIXLeveraged Funds57,81676,594-18,778+18,448+8,21390th percentile
2026-01-27AUDLeveraged Funds92,97948,253+44,726+17,168+11,055100th percentile
2026-01-27EURLeveraged Funds115,42389,062+26,361+16,125-26,30165th percentile
2026-01-27US BondLeveraged Funds122,701496,012-373,311+13,706-33,61777th 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
2026-01-27US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional3,036,5521,043,098+1,993,454+105,760-205,75121th percentile
2026-01-27Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,433,044405,406+1,027,638+54,357+143,088100th percentile
2026-01-27US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional4,239,815704,726+3,535,089+26,504-243,06940th percentile
2026-01-27CADAsset Manager/Institutional83,73257,783+25,949+20,924+14,966100th percentile
2026-01-27S&P 500Asset Manager/Institutional1,103,294191,666+911,628+19,234-30,34067th percentile
2026-01-27US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional2,624,568460,653+2,163,915-16,970-107,76258th percentile
2026-01-27EURAsset Manager/Institutional550,558147,028+403,530+12,326+12,08698th percentile
2026-01-27AUDAsset Manager/Institutional65,80385,152-19,349+12,250+13,40390th 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
2026-01-27Natural GasManaged Money174,417196,351576,046-21,934+55,167-1.34%+62,03175th percentile
2026-01-27Soybean OilManaged Money83,29572,748121,936+10,547+36,9491.59%+77,51948th percentile
2026-01-27Chicago SRW WheatManaged Money87,374181,421156,644-94,047+19,513-17.54%+3,14935th percentile
2026-01-27GoldManaged Money143,32125,16251,450+118,159-19,28524.18%-7,88125th percentile
2026-01-27Lean HogsManaged Money126,07816,54150,727+109,537+17,32130.66%+33,23071th percentile
2026-01-27CornManaged Money212,897294,493270,813-81,596+14,271-4.77%-58,84850th percentile
2026-01-27Sugar No. 11Managed Money118,093250,534151,575-132,441+13,813-13.16%-1,51337th percentile
2026-01-27Cotton No. 2Managed Money44,121109,10348,164-64,982-13,436-17.91%-16,42629th 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
2026-01-27Soybean OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User190,763306,900-116,137-32,073-17.54%-69,27975th percentile
2026-01-27CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User453,367656,351-202,984-18,518-11.88%+56,75854th percentile
2026-01-27Cotton No. 2Producer/Merchant/Processor/User106,109106,368-259+17,464-0.07%+7,02063th percentile
2026-01-27Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User303,689286,098+17,591-13,6911.74%-6,63742th percentile
2026-01-27Soybean MealProducer/Merchant/Processor/User149,790261,796-112,006-13,322-21.00%-3,72225th percentile
2026-01-27WTI Crude OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User579,159386,821+192,338-12,0999.44%-43,2672th percentile
2026-01-27Natural GasProducer/Merchant/Processor/User268,150242,452+25,698+8,2661.58%+31,004100th percentile
2026-01-27Lean HogsProducer/Merchant/Processor/User29,562157,749-128,187-7,170-35.88%-31,96127th 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
2026-01-27CADNon-Reportable28,55126,239+2,312+6,5171.01%-2,11188th percentile
2026-01-27CHFNon-Reportable18,51018,023+487+5,2520.50%-1,34288th percentile
2026-01-27GBPOther Reportables1,4871,027+460+5990.20%-66783th percentile
2026-01-27JPYDealer/Intermediary44,49852,506-8,008-25,135-2.66%+57,09596th percentile
2026-01-27BitcoinOther Reportables1,004409+595+8262.45%+66858th percentile
2026-01-27BitcoinNon-Reportable1,2061,311-105-252-0.43%+815th percentile
2026-01-27VIXOther Reportables1,1851,904-719-2,423-0.19%-3,22942th percentile
2026-01-27VIXNon-Reportable27,58122,482+5,099+5,2031.40%+5,06694th percentile
2026-01-27Orange JuiceNon-Reportable1,8221,513+309+4123.46%+39677th percentile
2026-01-27Soybean OilManaged Money83,29572,748121,936+10,547+36,9491.59%+77,51948th percentile
2026-01-27NY Harbor ULSDManaged Money42,61331,43943,392+11,174+11,6172.93%+7,54638th percentile