Speculators raise U.S. crude oil net longs-CFTC
Money managers raised their net long U.S. crude futures and options positions in the week to September 28, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Friday.
The speculator group raise its combined futures and options position in New York and London by 21,067 contracts to 316,676 during the period.
The data below exclude trader positions in the NYMEX financial crude oil futures contract, which is normally included in our aggregate calculations. The data were not provided by the CFTC this week.
Selected categories from the CFTC weekly Commitment of Traders report: FUTURES + OPTIONS Managed Swaps Producer Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg NYMEX Crude 298,042 12,079 -539,215 -14,393 36,700 -13,689 ICE WTI crude 18,634 8,988 -99,344 1,511 69,651 -675 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total 316,676 21,067 -638,559 -12,882 106,351 -14,364 RBOB 52,310 3,278 44,642 705 -94,259 -6,241 Heating oil 44,541 -2,677 70,816 1,420 -132,465 -3,298 Other NonReport Open Net Chg Net Chg Interest Chg NYMEX Crude 156,229 11,176 48,243 4,828 2,908,362 182,704 ICE WTI crude 11,275 -10,003 -216 178 724,072 63,044 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total 167,504 1,173 48,027 5,006 3,632,434 245,748 RBOB -10,277 3,131 7,582 -872 324,974 -11,719 Heating oil -7,374 3,631 24,483 923 442,461 12,206 ======================================================================================= FUTURES ONLY Managed Swaps Producer Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg NYMEX Crude 257,917 12,107 -447,837 -9,883 28,957 -12,817 ICE WTI crude 18,439 9,155 -92,168 3,026 68,520 -408 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total 276,356 21,262 -540,005 -6,857 97,477 -13,225 RBOB 52,135 3,165 43,383 539 -94,060 -6,273 Heating oil 44,379 -2,750 71,788 1,911 -132,145 -3,217 Other NonReport Open Net Chg Net Chg Interest Chg NYMEX Crude 115,897 5,729 45,066 4,864 2,175,199 73,641 ICE WTI crude 4,624 -12,049 585 276 554,290 34,322 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Total 120,521 -6,320 45,651 5,140 2,729,489 107,963 RBOB -8,958 3,339 7,500 -770 321,250 -10,944 Heating oil -7,789 3,450 23,767 606 434,928 11,265
Source: Reuters