CFTC COT report for 19 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
Official CFTC sourceLargest Leveraged Fund changes
TFF financial futures ranked by absolute weekly contract change.
| Report date | Market | Participant | Long | Short | Net | Weekly change | 4-report change | 52-report context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-19 | US 2Y | Leveraged Funds | 417,004 | 2,295,636 | -1,878,632 | +69,197 | +227,341 | 92th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | US 5Y | Leveraged Funds | 546,941 | 2,853,388 | -2,306,447 | +42,758 | +102,139 | 100th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | S&P 500 | Leveraged Funds | 164,096 | 565,650 | -401,554 | +30,884 | +10,767 | 54th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | US Bond | Leveraged Funds | 122,422 | 448,805 | -326,383 | -30,187 | -110,223 | 81th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Ultra Bond | Leveraged Funds | 75,517 | 961,580 | -886,063 | -12,834 | +7,289 | 6th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Russell 2000 | Leveraged Funds | 63,365 | 130,794 | -67,429 | -6,798 | -11,611 | 40th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Nasdaq-100 | Leveraged Funds | 55,696 | 101,067 | -45,371 | +6,671 | -6,371 | 10th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | GBP | Leveraged Funds | 68,279 | 36,910 | +31,369 | -5,933 | +2,232 | 54th percentile |
Largest Asset Manager/Institutional changes
Ranked separately because official participant categories should not be combined.
| Report date | Market | Participant | Long | Short | Net | Weekly change | 4-report change | 52-report context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-19 | US 5Y | Asset Manager/Institutional | 3,988,576 | 1,116,124 | +2,872,452 | +158,070 | +95,482 | 15th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | US 10Y | Asset Manager/Institutional | 3,191,475 | 924,224 | +2,267,251 | +147,110 | +66,881 | 92th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Ultra Bond | Asset Manager/Institutional | 1,602,662 | 523,293 | +1,079,369 | -65,998 | -106,191 | 75th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | S&P 500 | Asset Manager/Institutional | 1,211,994 | 206,574 | +1,005,420 | -49,452 | -9,507 | 92th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | US Bond | Asset Manager/Institutional | 1,079,268 | 584,170 | +495,098 | +33,356 | +83,658 | 60th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | US 2Y | Asset Manager/Institutional | 2,796,776 | 656,100 | +2,140,676 | +24,327 | -184,058 | 29th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | JPY | Asset Manager/Institutional | 66,551 | 108,437 | -41,886 | -21,894 | -27,488 | 2th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | EUR | Asset Manager/Institutional | 439,556 | 168,789 | +270,767 | -19,513 | -15,624 | 8th percentile |
Largest Managed Money commodity changes
Disaggregated commodity futures ranked independently from TFF categories.
| Report date | Market | Participant | Long | Short | Spread | Net | Weekly change | Net / OI | 4-report change | 52-report context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-19 | WTI Crude Oil | Managed Money | 207,565 | 109,346 | 292,016 | +98,219 | +25,418 | 4.90% | -1,668 | 81th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Natural Gas | Managed Money | 188,978 | 285,281 | 537,770 | -96,303 | +23,762 | -6.02% | +4,271 | 17th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Chicago SRW Wheat | Managed Money | 109,862 | 112,951 | 101,826 | -3,089 | +15,395 | -0.65% | +5,295 | 94th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Soybean Meal | Managed Money | 156,388 | 26,777 | 77,259 | +129,611 | +13,448 | 20.89% | +11,548 | 98th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Sugar No. 11 | Managed Money | 171,282 | 255,151 | 90,722 | -83,869 | +11,702 | -8.63% | +90,851 | 85th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Soybeans | Managed Money | 232,512 | 34,475 | 119,206 | +198,037 | -9,986 | 19.35% | +10,464 | 85th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Lean Hogs | Managed Money | 76,026 | 53,216 | 56,240 | +22,810 | -6,401 | 6.98% | -32,066 | 2th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Kansas City HRW Wheat | Managed Money | 74,860 | 44,069 | 65,540 | +30,791 | -5,916 | 9.99% | -614 | 92th percentile |
Largest Producer/Merchant/Processor/User changes
Physical commodity business participants remain in their official category.
| Report date | Market | Participant | Long | Short | Spread | Net | Weekly change | Net / OI | 4-report change | 52-report context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-19 | Corn | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 343,234 | 984,994 | — | -641,760 | -41,121 | -34.07% | -130,752 | 4th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Soybean Meal | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 111,025 | 403,034 | — | -292,009 | -24,441 | -47.07% | -24,557 | 2th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Chicago SRW Wheat | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 45,652 | 125,476 | — | -79,824 | -16,085 | -16.81% | -29,018 | 2th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | WTI Crude Oil | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 709,019 | 336,870 | — | +372,149 | +14,742 | 18.58% | +57,844 | 100th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Sugar No. 11 | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 203,416 | 332,939 | — | -129,523 | -9,115 | -13.34% | -83,021 | 2th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Cotton No. 2 | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 39,157 | 174,795 | — | -135,638 | +7,899 | -41.19% | -6,912 | 6th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Natural Gas | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 238,405 | 258,673 | — | -20,268 | +6,056 | -1.26% | +3,475 | 37th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Kansas City HRW Wheat | Producer/Merchant/Processor/User | 27,545 | 114,010 | — | -86,465 | +5,222 | -28.07% | +3,376 | 10th percentile |
Net-position flips
Crossings from net-long to net-short or the reverse relative to the preceding available report.
| Report date | Market | Participant | Long | Short | Spread | Net | Weekly change | Net / OI | 4-report change | 52-report context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-19 | Russell 2000 | Other Reportables | 10,402 | 10,770 | — | -368 | -1,096 | -0.08% | +6,249 | 77th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | CAD | Dealer/Intermediary | 97,005 | 79,565 | — | +17,440 | +19,865 | 5.95% | -37,877 | 23th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | CAD | Non-Reportable | 28,192 | 32,685 | — | -4,493 | -7,018 | -1.53% | -4,106 | 37th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | CHF | Other Reportables | 1,000 | 468 | — | +532 | +827 | 0.51% | +354 | 67th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Bitcoin | Other Reportables | 210 | 291 | — | -81 | -569 | -0.35% | -705 | 56th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | VIX | Other Reportables | 2,231 | 1,755 | — | +476 | +1,011 | 0.10% | -1,098 | 77th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | VIX | Non-Reportable | 28,948 | 26,430 | — | +2,518 | +2,611 | 0.57% | +3,503 | 85th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | US Bond | Other Reportables | 98,110 | 108,499 | — | -10,389 | -10,661 | -0.55% | -4,299 | 81th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | US 5Y | Non-Reportable | 438,786 | 471,151 | — | -32,365 | -95,792 | -0.46% | -116,387 | 2th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Orange Juice | Non-Reportable | 1,401 | 1,578 | — | -177 | -478 | -2.13% | +72 | 31th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Rough Rice | Other Reportables | 1,784 | 2,073 | 1,287 | -289 | -606 | -2.27% | -126 | 8th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Soybean Oil | Other Reportables | 34,154 | 30,323 | 39,759 | +3,831 | +5,266 | 0.53% | +2,693 | 19th percentile |
| 2026-05-19 | Sugar No. 11 | Other Reportables | 68,974 | 64,014 | 66,573 | +4,960 | +6,807 | 0.51% | -13,919 | 48th percentile |