CFTC COT report for 21 April 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
2026-04-21US 5YLeveraged Funds546,4622,955,048-2,408,586+46,532+177,138100th percentile
2026-04-21US 10YLeveraged Funds275,7952,316,070-2,040,275-30,304-191,51060th percentile
2026-04-21US 2YLeveraged Funds414,5392,520,512-2,105,973-26,773+193,28738th percentile
2026-04-21JPYLeveraged Funds80,220148,717-68,497-14,052-13,64515th percentile
2026-04-21VIXLeveraged Funds49,67292,055-42,383-12,561-1,92354th percentile
2026-04-21Nasdaq-100Leveraged Funds43,84882,848-39,000+10,667+37917th percentile
2026-04-21US BondLeveraged Funds122,270338,430-216,160-10,642+81,80994th percentile
2026-04-21S&P 500Leveraged Funds124,833537,154-412,321+8,035-68,19442th 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
2026-04-21US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional3,828,6111,051,641+2,776,970-87,708-82,8872th percentile
2026-04-21US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional2,915,800591,066+2,324,734-36,168-278,23392th percentile
2026-04-21US BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,081,442670,002+411,440+33,273-63,3288th percentile
2026-04-21CADAsset Manager/Institutional80,67982,466-1,787+24,723-27,91673th percentile
2026-04-21EURAsset Manager/Institutional438,536152,145+286,391+15,949-1,5498th percentile
2026-04-21US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional3,085,072884,702+2,200,370-12,887+159,94771th percentile
2026-04-21S&P 500Asset Manager/Institutional1,208,817193,890+1,014,927+11,784+136,536100th percentile
2026-04-21Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,588,593403,033+1,185,560-10,011+66,53098th 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
2026-04-21Sugar No. 11Managed Money125,316300,03693,621-174,720-40,974-17.86%-101,55027th percentile
2026-04-21CornManaged Money327,557145,344270,435+182,213+29,5959.94%-97,41790th percentile
2026-04-21Lean HogsManaged Money84,86929,99359,235+54,876-23,15517.62%-38,89410th percentile
2026-04-21SoybeansManaged Money219,04331,470118,643+187,573+19,49218.73%-3,77783th percentile
2026-04-21Cotton No. 2Managed Money65,82734,49838,951+31,329+18,2139.50%+64,875100th percentile
2026-04-21Soybean OilManaged Money190,79422,851111,318+167,943+17,72622.48%+49,447100th percentile
2026-04-21Natural GasManaged Money175,219275,793556,025-100,574+13,521-6.37%-46,41910th percentile
2026-04-21Soybean MealManaged Money143,89925,83660,675+118,063-13,49319.08%+11,80698th 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
2026-04-21Soybean OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User205,346454,055-248,709-28,083-33.29%-48,3822th percentile
2026-04-21WTI Crude OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User659,937345,632+314,305+20,30915.83%+47,017100th percentile
2026-04-21Kansas City HRW WheatProducer/Merchant/Processor/User32,181122,022-89,841-16,889-30.63%-17,0572th percentile
2026-04-21CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User388,549899,557-511,008-15,376-27.89%+102,51012th percentile
2026-04-21Natural GasProducer/Merchant/Processor/User227,334251,077-23,743-13,201-1.50%-12,83325th percentile
2026-04-21Cotton No. 2Producer/Merchant/Processor/User45,267173,993-128,726-10,293-39.03%-55,2392th percentile
2026-04-21Lean HogsProducer/Merchant/Processor/User37,213123,020-85,807+9,795-27.56%+23,57192th percentile
2026-04-21Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User267,821314,323-46,502-8,141-4.75%+23,5368th 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
2026-04-21Dow JonesDealer/Intermediary34,14235,724-1,582-2,922-2.22%+48138th percentile
2026-04-21JPYNon-Reportable39,68840,695-1,007-3,167-0.28%-5,91210th percentile
2026-04-21BitcoinNon-Reportable1,2331,054+179+3290.71%+33648th percentile
2026-04-21VIXAsset Manager/Institutional56,60557,803-1,198-2,467-0.35%-5,10931th percentile
2026-04-21VIXNon-Reportable25,19526,180-985-2,267-0.29%-4,00233th percentile
2026-04-21Orange JuiceNon-Reportable1,3751,624-249-336-3.33%-49719th percentile
2026-04-21Soybean OilOther Reportables33,55432,41653,506+1,138+4,4090.15%+2,49912th percentile
2026-04-21Sugar No. 11Other Reportables67,75548,87666,088+18,879+20,1021.93%+41,51373th percentile
2026-04-21Kansas City HRW WheatNon-Reportable20,57019,904+666+2,8920.22%+3,07885th percentile
2026-04-21CopperOther Reportables15,38715,76828,528-381-3,157-0.15%-2,63454th percentile