CFTC COT data snapshot for 4 August 2026

Week-ended positions · TFF Futures Only and Disaggregated Futures Only · 42 reviewed markets · processed 14 Aug 2026, 15:30

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
2026-08-04US 2YLeveraged Funds614,4481,948,629-1,334,181+230,113+422,347100th percentile
2026-08-04US 5YLeveraged Funds355,2222,566,661-2,211,439-102,801-36,57787th percentile
2026-08-04US 10YLeveraged Funds270,2662,501,936-2,231,670-75,931-227,64746th percentile
2026-08-04JPYLeveraged Funds75,758136,583-60,825+41,165+29,25850th percentile
2026-08-04S&P 500Leveraged Funds206,039536,038-329,999-32,523+31,87692th percentile
2026-08-04Nasdaq-100Leveraged Funds57,097135,430-78,333-20,035-23,3202th percentile
2026-08-04VIXLeveraged Funds94,84991,076+3,773+16,062-1,33996th percentile
2026-08-04US BondLeveraged Funds140,141516,367-376,226+13,296-10,74329th 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
2026-08-04US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional2,363,985670,696+1,693,289-151,723-198,7042th percentile
2026-08-04Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,637,445576,611+1,060,834-70,953-78,38752th percentile
2026-08-04US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional4,053,1281,089,874+2,963,254+67,005-4,96837th percentile
2026-08-04JPYAsset Manager/Institutional72,815115,237-42,422+40,635+6,23121th percentile
2026-08-04US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional3,318,443723,764+2,594,679-17,285+168,69798th percentile
2026-08-04US BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,083,237531,631+551,606-16,662+21,30490th percentile
2026-08-04GBPAsset Manager/Institutional12,228138,042-125,814+15,097+17,44312th percentile
2026-08-04Nasdaq-100Asset Manager/Institutional99,81935,460+64,359-12,400-14,61112th 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
2026-08-04Sugar No. 11Managed Money187,365274,553131,594-87,188+29,236-8.25%+21,46290th percentile
2026-08-04Soybean OilManaged Money106,11027,07794,022+79,033-28,86512.68%-5,88660th percentile
2026-08-04SoybeansManaged Money179,49946,975153,438+132,524-27,95513.38%+62,94554th percentile
2026-08-04Natural GasManaged Money228,575355,508575,954-126,933-21,107-7.44%-66,6384th percentile
2026-08-04CornManaged Money309,717164,896256,377+144,821+18,0458.21%+159,82077th percentile
2026-08-04Chicago SRW WheatManaged Money80,037104,907116,074-24,870-16,707-5.33%+35,56271th percentile
2026-08-04GoldManaged Money139,8099,04317,502+130,766+10,97135.19%+14,60577th percentile
2026-08-04CopperManaged Money93,17317,41539,610+75,758+10,75026.17%+16,974100th 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
2026-08-04SoybeansProducer/Merchant/Processor/User283,233553,296-270,063+28,084-27.26%-68,77446th percentile
2026-08-04Soybean OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User193,936368,044-174,108+26,721-27.93%+8,13844th percentile
2026-08-04Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User223,942353,862-129,920-17,558-12.30%+1,0776th percentile
2026-08-04WTI Crude OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User642,779307,859+334,920-16,87017.75%-55,37375th percentile
2026-08-04Soybean MealProducer/Merchant/Processor/User121,219367,935-246,716+10,643-40.49%-49,63223th percentile
2026-08-04Chicago SRW WheatProducer/Merchant/Processor/User67,896120,834-52,938+9,623-11.35%-40,10923th percentile
2026-08-04Cotton No. 2Producer/Merchant/Processor/User42,898183,691-140,793-9,617-42.47%-14,3316th percentile
2026-08-04CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User327,115863,314-536,199+9,206-30.42%-141,12119th 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
2026-08-04Nasdaq-100Dealer/Intermediary71,43962,690+8,749+36,3302.88%+38,993100th percentile
2026-08-04Nasdaq-100Other Reportables13,7157,687+6,028+6,9401.98%+9,38285th percentile
2026-08-04Nasdaq-100Non-Reportable39,76540,568-803-10,835-0.26%-10,4444th percentile
2026-08-04JPYNon-Reportable34,51039,605-5,095-10,482-1.21%-6,0502th percentile
2026-08-04VIXLeveraged Funds94,84991,076+3,773+16,0621.02%-1,33996th percentile
2026-08-04Ultra BondOther Reportables43,23537,778+5,457+12,0250.22%+9,38735th percentile
2026-08-04Orange JuiceNon-Reportable1,7872,016-229-328-2.33%+1529th percentile
2026-08-04Soybean OilOther Reportables25,17823,81957,029+1,359+8,3450.21%-8,38827th percentile