CFTC COT report for 5 May 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
2026-05-05US 10YLeveraged Funds325,5042,329,352-2,003,848+91,951-28,16371th percentile
2026-05-05US 2YLeveraged Funds414,1772,448,652-2,034,475+83,533+113,35469th percentile
2026-05-05US BondLeveraged Funds120,081405,554-285,473-61,644-100,61288th percentile
2026-05-05US 5YLeveraged Funds413,2262,864,067-2,450,841-42,469-10,76294th percentile
2026-05-05JPYLeveraged Funds86,085138,982-52,897+22,905-1,78746th percentile
2026-05-05Russell 2000Leveraged Funds83,960139,314-55,354+9,921-18,60852th percentile
2026-05-05AUDLeveraged Funds82,07525,475+56,600+8,745+10,69992th percentile
2026-05-05Ultra BondLeveraged Funds82,080957,663-875,583+7,694-13,9888th 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
2026-05-05US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional3,150,8731,013,088+2,137,785-119,862-79,45244th percentile
2026-05-05US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional2,828,686605,358+2,223,328-116,664-240,91460th percentile
2026-05-05US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional3,992,9371,247,077+2,745,860+75,884-81,6614th percentile
2026-05-05US BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,077,460634,957+442,503+45,189+71,02923th percentile
2026-05-05Russell 2000Asset Manager/Institutional140,537155,391-14,854-34,701-21,3682th percentile
2026-05-05Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,573,500435,287+1,138,213-27,143-31,88492th percentile
2026-05-05JPYAsset Manager/Institutional69,17179,767-10,596+15,954+5,3498th percentile
2026-05-05S&P 500Asset Manager/Institutional1,205,350195,462+1,009,888+15,073+69,45396th 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
2026-05-05CornManaged Money440,04895,407250,689+344,641+79,06918.03%+133,665100th percentile
2026-05-05Sugar No. 11Managed Money170,040281,59794,670-111,557+63,043-11.50%-55,69962th percentile
2026-05-05SoybeansManaged Money247,32033,806116,450+213,514+36,60421.89%+32,20994th percentile
2026-05-05Chicago SRW WheatManaged Money98,031107,06493,708-9,033-20,758-2.08%-4,65188th percentile
2026-05-05Cotton No. 2Managed Money74,66526,32839,613+48,337+11,84514.53%+48,782100th percentile
2026-05-05Natural GasManaged Money180,450287,939576,627-107,489-10,244-6.59%-21,4564th percentile
2026-05-05WTI Crude OilManaged Money185,755114,964324,225+70,791-9,5403.42%-7,90956th percentile
2026-05-05Soybean MealManaged Money147,46935,23360,166+112,236-8,82319.45%+20,69394th 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
2026-05-05CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User348,3741,052,427-704,053-108,976-36.83%-174,5632th percentile
2026-05-05Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User201,990318,842-116,852-50,312-12.05%-27,1712th percentile
2026-05-05SoybeansProducer/Merchant/Processor/User249,930561,518-311,588-40,278-31.94%-23,52912th percentile
2026-05-05WTI Crude OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User716,499378,998+337,501+17,38116.32%+44,388100th percentile
2026-05-05Cotton No. 2Producer/Merchant/Processor/User37,765182,911-145,146-15,456-43.63%-31,4862th percentile
2026-05-05Lean HogsProducer/Merchant/Processor/User45,748113,943-68,195+9,860-21.55%+36,812100th percentile
2026-05-05Soybean OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User173,559435,222-261,663-6,663-37.08%-34,7592th percentile
2026-05-05RBOB GasolineProducer/Merchant/Processor/User101,208181,225-80,017-5,935-25.63%-5,26638th 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
2026-05-05Russell 2000Asset Manager/Institutional140,537155,391-14,854-34,701-3.47%-21,3682th percentile
2026-05-05Russell 2000Other Reportables11,4798,530+2,949+9,5540.69%+7,07894th percentile
2026-05-05CHFOther Reportables1,0001,274-274-806-0.29%-83913th percentile
2026-05-05BitcoinNon-Reportable1,1841,086+98+1580.41%+40644th percentile
2026-05-05Ultra BondNon-Reportable179,461188,912-9,451-15,759-0.41%-8,44113th percentile
2026-05-05US BondOther Reportables104,298101,791+2,507+4,0830.13%+13,45192th percentile
2026-05-05Orange JuiceNon-Reportable1,5951,350+245+2693.20%+16177th percentile
2026-05-05Rough RiceOther Reportables1,8661,8111,263+55+2150.43%+35721th percentile
2026-05-05Rough RiceSwap Dealer2101280+82+1750.64%+136100th percentile
2026-05-05Chicago SRW WheatManaged Money98,031107,06493,708-9,033-20,758-2.08%-4,65188th percentile
2026-05-05CopperOther Reportables15,86116,48517,721-624-2,968-0.26%-2,45852th percentile