CFTC COT data snapshot for 11 August 2026

Week-ended positions · TFF Futures Only and Disaggregated Futures Only · 42 reviewed markets · processed 14 Aug 2026, 19:31

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
2026-08-11US 10YLeveraged Funds341,8932,505,607-2,163,714+67,956-84,06146th percentile
2026-08-11US 5YLeveraged Funds410,9752,558,719-2,147,744+63,695+9,00692th percentile
2026-08-11S&P 500Leveraged Funds205,744486,190-280,446+49,553+84,55696th percentile
2026-08-11US 2YLeveraged Funds618,3281,977,849-1,359,521-25,340+312,24598th percentile
2026-08-11VIXLeveraged Funds83,43495,561-12,127-15,900-22,31690th percentile
2026-08-11US BondLeveraged Funds148,363513,187-364,824+11,402+86450th percentile
2026-08-11Nasdaq-100Leveraged Funds34,549123,674-89,125-10,792-24,9622th percentile
2026-08-11Russell 2000Leveraged Funds48,415143,573-95,158-10,013-7,0462th 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
2026-08-11US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional3,947,5141,063,537+2,883,977-79,277-10,94123th percentile
2026-08-11US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional3,290,600736,189+2,554,411-40,268+41,98096th percentile
2026-08-11Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,647,210566,801+1,080,409+19,575-26,83658th percentile
2026-08-11JPYAsset Manager/Institutional72,24798,498-26,251+16,171+27,56627th percentile
2026-08-11US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional2,342,975662,586+1,680,389-12,900-192,4262th percentile
2026-08-11S&P 500Asset Manager/Institutional1,154,700206,219+948,481+11,448+8,00962th percentile
2026-08-11AUDAsset Manager/Institutional74,059116,738-42,679-8,460-2,11033th percentile
2026-08-11VIXAsset Manager/Institutional49,07376,177-27,104+6,596+16,22531th 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
2026-08-11Sugar No. 11Managed Money214,826171,242126,246+43,584+130,7723.90%+146,401100th percentile
2026-08-11SoybeansManaged Money169,71260,603142,155+109,109-23,41511.10%+33,91844th percentile
2026-08-11CornManaged Money312,829186,954187,183+125,875-18,9467.47%+114,51473th percentile
2026-08-11Natural GasManaged Money248,156358,786564,349-110,630+16,303-6.53%-4,92113th percentile
2026-08-11Cotton No. 2Managed Money86,13919,35937,348+66,780+11,45919.11%+22,854100th percentile
2026-08-11Chicago SRW WheatManaged Money78,009111,409112,454-33,400-8,530-7.02%+1,48767th percentile
2026-08-11WTI Crude OilManaged Money190,554110,638278,279+79,916-7,0424.22%+17,94271th percentile
2026-08-11GoldManaged Money148,63410,97214,003+137,662+6,89634.38%+16,88388th 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
2026-08-11Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User222,939436,601-213,662-83,742-19.15%-82,4842th percentile
2026-08-11SoybeansProducer/Merchant/Processor/User311,042563,388-252,346+17,717-25.67%-44,78558th percentile
2026-08-11CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User335,547861,215-525,668+10,531-31.21%-108,56823th percentile
2026-08-11Cotton No. 2Producer/Merchant/Processor/User43,299193,298-149,999-9,206-42.93%-16,0962th percentile
2026-08-11GoldProducer/Merchant/Processor/User15,71643,651-27,935-9,079-6.97%-8,78648th percentile
2026-08-11Soybean OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User194,903375,493-180,590-6,482-29.12%+14,98642th percentile
2026-08-11RBOB GasolineProducer/Merchant/Processor/User71,588161,300-89,712+4,964-27.58%+3,38835th percentile
2026-08-11CopperProducer/Merchant/Processor/User30,850128,367-97,517-4,673-32.82%-11,13321th 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
2026-08-11Nasdaq-100Non-Reportable47,11225,285+21,827+22,6307.72%+16,548100th percentile
2026-08-11VIXLeveraged Funds83,43495,561-12,127-15,900-3.17%-22,31690th percentile
2026-08-11Ultra BondOther Reportables37,13738,411-1,274-6,731-0.05%+5,11019th percentile
2026-08-11US 10YNon-Reportable397,360396,318+1,042+17,2150.01%-27,04410th percentile
2026-08-11Orange JuiceNon-Reportable2,0562,014+42+2710.41%+18352th percentile
2026-08-11Sugar No. 11Other Reportables102,554118,75185,528-16,197-34,917-1.45%-56,86919th percentile
2026-08-11Sugar No. 11Managed Money214,826171,242126,246+43,584+130,7723.90%+146,401100th percentile
2026-08-11Chicago SRW WheatNon-Reportable38,57136,415+2,156+3,7840.45%+1,45190th percentile
2026-08-11PalladiumProducer/Merchant/Processor/User1,6921,875-183-285-1.00%-78087th percentile