CFTC COT data snapshot for 6 October 2026

Week-ended positions · TFF Futures Only and Disaggregated Futures Only · 42 reviewed markets · processed 9 Oct 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
2026-10-06US 5YLeveraged Funds541,0712,668,638-2,127,567-141,780-61,27887th percentile
2026-10-06US 10YLeveraged Funds510,6112,650,396-2,139,785-103,353-201,03138th percentile
2026-10-06US 2YLeveraged Funds693,3011,950,785-1,257,484-91,504+32,99594th percentile
2026-10-06Ultra BondLeveraged Funds58,345784,602-726,257+82,613+138,01467th percentile
2026-10-06US BondLeveraged Funds172,246361,924-189,678+61,717+87,28794th percentile
2026-10-06S&P 500Leveraged Funds113,223528,310-415,087-42,598-73,98338th percentile
2026-10-06VIXLeveraged Funds89,53584,041+5,494+12,961+28,76498th percentile
2026-10-06JPYLeveraged Funds66,12391,166-25,043-10,882+24,05594th 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
2026-10-06Ultra BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,507,861752,102+755,759-77,453-269,3912th percentile
2026-10-06US 5YAsset Manager/Institutional4,218,5311,304,245+2,914,286+62,607+66,92540th percentile
2026-10-06US 10YAsset Manager/Institutional3,602,149774,010+2,828,139+51,608+266,458100th percentile
2026-10-06US 2YAsset Manager/Institutional2,471,312792,225+1,679,087+40,609+57,86412th percentile
2026-10-06US BondAsset Manager/Institutional1,096,523690,895+405,628-31,328-127,03910th percentile
2026-10-06EURAsset Manager/Institutional499,449309,568+189,881-30,722-60,7972th percentile
2026-10-06AUDAsset Manager/Institutional87,156188,584-101,428-28,229-61,2292th percentile
2026-10-06GBPAsset Manager/Institutional17,746163,188-145,442-16,898-39,5786th 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
2026-10-06CornManaged Money393,24963,410287,623+329,839-51,38117.73%-84,62088th percentile
2026-10-06Sugar No. 11Managed Money345,66193,147139,478+252,514+34,17821.78%+13,830100th percentile
2026-10-06WTI Crude OilManaged Money178,353124,755311,571+53,598-25,9942.83%-58,13331th percentile
2026-10-06CopperManaged Money76,83615,70242,200+61,134-16,92420.10%-21,02042th percentile
2026-10-06Natural GasManaged Money218,758363,295626,277-144,537-11,738-7.95%-47,7952th percentile
2026-10-06SoybeansManaged Money289,94231,876140,932+258,066+11,50823.01%+80898th percentile
2026-10-06Cotton No. 2Managed Money74,37417,25643,392+57,118-10,71914.94%-38,24983th percentile
2026-10-06Soybean OilManaged Money116,04222,52476,602+93,518+9,95417.01%+1,80760th 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
2026-10-06CornProducer/Merchant/Processor/User362,0381,050,415—-688,377+44,608-37.00%+92,53915th percentile
2026-10-06Sugar No. 11Producer/Merchant/Processor/User179,256554,626—-375,370-30,012-32.38%-63,0182th percentile
2026-10-06SoybeansProducer/Merchant/Processor/User338,185649,952—-311,767-20,622-27.80%+31,12819th percentile
2026-10-06WTI Crude OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User618,756283,746—+335,010+15,47117.73%+26,09473th percentile
2026-10-06CopperProducer/Merchant/Processor/User40,134132,854—-92,720+11,620-30.49%+19,14546th percentile
2026-10-06Soybean OilProducer/Merchant/Processor/User121,463335,277—-213,814-8,517-38.89%-2427th percentile
2026-10-06CocoaProducer/Merchant/Processor/User50,87271,098—-20,226-6,743-11.25%+4,33244th percentile
2026-10-06Natural GasProducer/Merchant/Processor/User248,697256,926—-8,229+5,855-0.45%+7,03671th 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
2026-10-06AUDDealer/Intermediary111,49482,529—+28,965+37,7528.81%+62,54485th percentile
2026-10-06JPYNon-Reportable34,53535,111—-576-1,121-0.15%-3,82131th percentile
2026-10-06VIXLeveraged Funds89,53584,041—+5,494+12,9611.24%+28,76498th percentile
2026-10-06PalladiumProducer/Merchant/Processor/User1,4451,263—+182+2790.86%+61990th percentile