Commitments of Traders
CFTC reports showing futures and options positions held by different trader categories.
The CFTC publishes COT reports for futures markets each week, subject to the agency's release calendar.
CFTC Commitments of TradersCFTC Commitments of Traders
- Official Source
- U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Methodology
- Published CFTC positioning series use the weekly Disaggregated Commitments of Traders, Futures Only report.
- Managed money net position is calculated as managed money long contracts less managed money short contracts.
- CFTC COT values describe reported futures positions for a Tuesday report date and should be read as weekly positioning context, not real-time price data.
- Historical and current observations are sourced from official CFTC report files and preserve the report-date cadence.
Source Terms
Disaggregated Futures Only
The CFTC report format used here: disaggregated trader categories for futures-only positions.
CFTC historical compressed files include separate Disaggregated Futures Only data files.
CFTC Historical Compressed filesManaged money net position
Managed money long contracts minus managed money short contracts, reported in contracts.
Protein Report derives this from CFTC managed-money long and short position fields.
CFTC Disaggregated explanatory notesContracts
Number of futures contracts reported for the selected market, not physical volume.
Each CFTC market has a contract unit defined by the exchange contract specification.
CFTC Commitments of TradersPublished Data
Open catalog| Series | Frequency | Measure | Latest period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago SRW wheat futures managed money positioning | Weekly | Series value | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Corn futures managed money positioning | Weekly | Series value | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Lean hog futures managed money positioning | Weekly | Series value | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Live cattle futures managed money positioning | Weekly | Series value | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Soybean futures managed money positioning | Weekly | Series value | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Soybean meal futures managed money positioning | Weekly | Series value | Jun 16, 2026 |
| Soybean oil futures managed money positioning | Weekly | Series value | Jun 16, 2026 |