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

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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
2026-05-19US 2YLeveraged Funds417,0042,295,636-1,878,632+69,197+227,34192th percentile
2026-05-19US 5YLeveraged Funds546,9412,853,388-2,306,447+42,758+102,139100th percentile
2026-05-19S&P 500Leveraged Funds164,096565,650-401,554+30,884+10,76754th percentile
2026-05-19US BondLeveraged Funds122,422448,805-326,383-30,187-110,22381th percentile
2026-05-19Ultra BondLeveraged Funds75,517961,580-886,063-12,834+7,2896th percentile
2026-05-19Russell 2000Leveraged Funds63,365130,794-67,429-6,798-11,61140th percentile
2026-05-19Nasdaq-100Leveraged Funds55,696101,067-45,371+6,671-6,37110th percentile
2026-05-19GBPLeveraged Funds68,27936,910+31,369-5,933+2,23254th 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
2026-05-19US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional3,988,5761,116,124+2,872,452+158,070+95,48215th percentile
2026-05-19US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional3,191,475924,224+2,267,251+147,110+66,88192th percentile
2026-05-19Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,602,662523,293+1,079,369-65,998-106,19175th percentile
2026-05-19S&P 500Asset Manager/Institutional1,211,994206,574+1,005,420-49,452-9,50792th percentile
2026-05-19US BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,079,268584,170+495,098+33,356+83,65860th percentile
2026-05-19US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional2,796,776656,100+2,140,676+24,327-184,05829th percentile
2026-05-19JPYAsset Manager/Institutional66,551108,437-41,886-21,894-27,4882th percentile
2026-05-19EURAsset Manager/Institutional439,556168,789+270,767-19,513-15,6248th 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
2026-05-19WTI Crude OilManaged Money207,565109,346292,016+98,219+25,4184.90%-1,66881th percentile
2026-05-19Natural GasManaged Money188,978285,281537,770-96,303+23,762-6.02%+4,27117th percentile
2026-05-19Chicago SRW WheatManaged Money109,862112,951101,826-3,089+15,395-0.65%+5,29594th percentile
2026-05-19Soybean MealManaged Money156,38826,77777,259+129,611+13,44820.89%+11,54898th percentile
2026-05-19Sugar No. 11Managed Money171,282255,15190,722-83,869+11,702-8.63%+90,85185th percentile
2026-05-19SoybeansManaged Money232,51234,475119,206+198,037-9,98619.35%+10,46485th percentile
2026-05-19Lean HogsManaged Money76,02653,21656,240+22,810-6,4016.98%-32,0662th percentile
2026-05-19Kansas City HRW WheatManaged Money74,86044,06965,540+30,791-5,9169.99%-61492th 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
2026-05-19CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User343,234984,994-641,760-41,121-34.07%-130,7524th percentile
2026-05-19Soybean MealProducer/Merchant/Processor/User111,025403,034-292,009-24,441-47.07%-24,5572th percentile
2026-05-19Chicago SRW WheatProducer/Merchant/Processor/User45,652125,476-79,824-16,085-16.81%-29,0182th percentile
2026-05-19WTI Crude OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User709,019336,870+372,149+14,74218.58%+57,844100th percentile
2026-05-19Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User203,416332,939-129,523-9,115-13.34%-83,0212th percentile
2026-05-19Cotton No. 2Producer/Merchant/Processor/User39,157174,795-135,638+7,899-41.19%-6,9126th percentile
2026-05-19Natural GasProducer/Merchant/Processor/User238,405258,673-20,268+6,056-1.26%+3,47537th percentile
2026-05-19Kansas City HRW WheatProducer/Merchant/Processor/User27,545114,010-86,465+5,222-28.07%+3,37610th 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
2026-05-19Russell 2000Other Reportables10,40210,770-368-1,096-0.08%+6,24977th percentile
2026-05-19CADDealer/Intermediary97,00579,565+17,440+19,8655.95%-37,87723th percentile
2026-05-19CADNon-Reportable28,19232,685-4,493-7,018-1.53%-4,10637th percentile
2026-05-19CHFOther Reportables1,000468+532+8270.51%+35467th percentile
2026-05-19BitcoinOther Reportables210291-81-569-0.35%-70556th percentile
2026-05-19VIXOther Reportables2,2311,755+476+1,0110.10%-1,09877th percentile
2026-05-19VIXNon-Reportable28,94826,430+2,518+2,6110.57%+3,50385th percentile
2026-05-19US BondOther Reportables98,110108,499-10,389-10,661-0.55%-4,29981th percentile
2026-05-19US 5YNon-Reportable438,786471,151-32,365-95,792-0.46%-116,3872th percentile
2026-05-19Orange JuiceNon-Reportable1,4011,578-177-478-2.13%+7231th percentile
2026-05-19Rough RiceOther Reportables1,7842,0731,287-289-606-2.27%-1268th percentile
2026-05-19Soybean OilOther Reportables34,15430,32339,759+3,831+5,2660.53%+2,69319th percentile
2026-05-19Sugar No. 11Other Reportables68,97464,01466,573+4,960+6,8070.51%-13,91948th percentile