Brent Crude Oil COT Report positioning analysis.
Disaggregated COT report · Managed Money · 3-year rank · updated usually Friday, 3:30 PM ETReleased · positions as of
In Brent Crude Oil, money managers (Managed Money) sit near the bottom of their 3-year range (above only 15% of the weeks) while small traders (Non-Reportable) sit near the top (above 95%): the two groups are at opposite ends.
Managed Money: net long shrank by 973 contracts this week.
Brent Crude Oil COT report: the latest positions
Oct 27, 2026 · Futures Only
Brent Crude Oil: large speculators (Non-Commercial) held a net short position of 28,560 contracts in the COT report of Oct 27, 2026, 12.2% of open interest.
COT Sentiment · Oct 27, 2026
- Non-CommercialSpeculatorsNET SHORT-28,560Bearish
- CommercialHedging, not price speculation. Hedgers (producers, processors, merchants) use futures to protect their business against price moves. Their net short or net long is mostly that protection, not a view on where the price is going.NET LONG+23,258
- Non-ReportableNET LONG+5,302Bullish
| Long | Short | Net Positions | Net Change | % of OI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-CommercialSpeculators | 37,716 | 66,276 | -28,560 | +6,283 | -12.2% |
| Commercial | 99,415 | 76,157 | +23,258 | -6,458 | +9.9% |
| Non-Reportable | 13,013 | 7,711 | +5,302 | +175 | +2.3% |
Open interest: 234,283 contracts
The COT shows positions held, not trades made — a fund holding a contract for six months looks the same as one entered Monday.
Brent Crude Oil: what changed in the week to Oct 27, 2026
COT data reflects positions as of Tuesday close, released Friday at 3:30 PM ET.
Free · Legacy report · Oct 27, 2026 · Futures Only
This week, the large speculators’ net short position shrank by 6,283 contracts (18%): longs +1,335, shorts -4,948. Open interest rose by 3,590 contracts to 234,283. Commercials (hedgers) were net long 23,258 contracts and non-reportable traders (small traders) net long 5,302 contracts. Hedgers (producers, processors, merchants) use futures to protect their business against price moves. Their net short or net long is mostly that protection, not a view on where the price is going.
The last 13 weekly reports
Brent Crude Oil: the large speculators’ (Non-Commercial) net position in the last 13 weekly reports
| DATE | LONG | SHORT | CHANGE LONG | CHANGE SHORT | NET POSITIONS | NET CHANGE | NET % CHANGE | % OI LONG | % OI SHORT | OPEN INTEREST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37,716 | 66,276 | +1,335 | -4,948 | ▲-28,560 | +6,283 | +18.03% | 16.10% | 28.29% | 234,283 | |
| 36,381 | 71,224 | -620 | -4,849 | ▲-34,843 | +4,229 | +10.82% | 15.77% | 30.87% | 230,693 | |
| 37,001 | 76,073 | -2,921 | +4,142 | ▼-39,072 | -7,063 | -22.07% | 16.17% | 33.24% | 228,851 | |
| 39,922 | 71,931 | -1,217 | -4,871 | ▲-32,009 | +3,654 | +10.25% | 17.31% | 31.19% | 230,626 | |
| 41,139 | 76,802 | +617 | -7,905 | ▲-35,663 | +8,522 | +19.29% | 16.91% | 31.56% | 243,324 | |
| 40,522 | 84,707 | -3,303 | +253 | ▼-44,185 | -3,556 | -8.75% | 16.11% | 33.68% | 251,518 | |
| 43,825 | 84,454 | +2,295 | +1,088 | ▲-40,629 | +1,207 | +2.89% | 16.81% | 32.39% | 260,719 | |
| 41,530 | 83,366 | -422 | +2,017 | ▼-41,836 | -2,439 | -6.19% | 15.82% | 31.76% | 262,500 | |
| 41,952 | 81,349 | -16 | +8,382 | ▼-39,397 | -8,398 | -27.09% | 16.56% | 32.12% | 253,258 | |
| 41,968 | 72,967 | +476 | -775 | ▲-30,999 | +1,251 | +3.88% | 15.54% | 27.01% | 270,144 | |
| 41,492 | 73,742 | -163 | +6,233 | ▼-32,250 | -6,396 | -24.74% | 16.37% | 29.09% | 253,532 | |
| 41,655 | 67,509 | +1,196 | +1,211 | ▼-25,854 | -15 | -0.06% | 17.80% | 28.85% | 233,972 | |
| 40,459 | 66,298 | -17,389 | -6,198 | ▼-25,839 | -11,191 | -76.40% | 18.48% | 30.29% | 218,894 |
Source: the CFTC’s Legacy Commitments of Traders report, Futures Only. Large speculators = Non-Commercial, hedgers = Commercial, small traders = Non-Reportable. “Largest since” looks back up to 520 weekly reports (about 10 years). The Legacy report has two large-trader groups, while the Disaggregated report splits the same traders into four: the Non-Commercial net here and the net of the money managers in the analysis count different traders and can differ, even by side.
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Where today's net position sits in the group's own 3-year range: 0 = the lowest of the last 156 weeks, 100 = the highest. Shaded ends: the 80/20 and 90/10 bands.
- 01Rank each groupEvery group's net position, as % of open interest, is ranked against its own last 156 weeks (0–100).
- 02Name the bandHigh from 80, extremely high from 90; low at 20 and below, extremely low at 10 and below. A band is kept until the rank falls back below 75 / 85 (or rises above 25 / 15).
- 03Check opposite sidesWhen the speculators and the small traders sit at opposite ends of their ranges, that state takes priority.
- 04Measure the weekThis week's change is compared with the market's usual weekly change (a z-score over 52 weeks).
Are speculators long or short Brent Crude Oil right now?
Brent Crude Oil: large speculators (Non-Commercial) held a net short position of 28,560 contracts in the COT report of Oct 27, 2026, 12.2% of open interest. In the Disaggregated report, money managers were net long.
What changed in the Brent Crude Oil COT report this week?
This week, the large speculators’ net short position shrank by 6,283 contracts (18%): longs +1,335, shorts -4,948. Open interest rose by 3,590 contracts to 234,283. Commercials (hedgers) were net long 23,258 contracts and non-reportable traders (small traders) net long 5,302 contracts. Hedgers (producers, processors, merchants) use futures to protect their business against price moves. Their net short or net long is mostly that protection, not a view on where the price is going.
Where can I see Brent Crude Oil COT history for free?
On the Brent Crude Oil COT table (Legacy report, Futures Only), every visitor sees the last 6 months (26 weekly reports); a free account opens up to 10 years. The Brent Crude Oil COT chart shows up to 10 years of weekly positions to everyone, no account needed.
What does the Brent Crude Oil COT positioning analysis show?
This Brent crude oil contract (BZ) is a cash-settled future on the Brent benchmark, 1,000 barrels per contract; Brent prices about two thirds of the world's traded crude. It is listed in the US, so its positions appear in the CFTC data, next to WTI. The CFTC covers it in the Disaggregated report, with Producer/Merchant, Swap Dealers, Managed Money and Other Reportables reported separately. In Brent Crude Oil, the net position of money managers (Managed Money) has ranged from -21% to +23% of open interest since October 2011.
When is the Brent Crude Oil Commitments of Traders report released?
Every Friday at 3:30 PM Eastern Time, for positions held on the previous Tuesday. When a US federal holiday falls on the Wednesday, Thursday or Friday of that week, the release moves to the next business day, usually the following Monday — a Monday holiday such as Labor Day does not delay it. This analysis updates after each release.
Who are the money managers in Brent Crude Oil?
Managed Money in the CFTC's words: commodity trading advisors, commodity pool operators and funds that trade futures for clients. This analysis calls them the speculators.
What are the price candles above the chart?
Bars built from the Tuesday closes on the dates of the COT reports: each bar runs from the previous Tuesday close to its own, filled when it closed higher and hollow when it closed lower (4-week bars on the 5-year and 10-year views). They share the time axis with the positions below.
How is the 3-year range calculated?
Each week, a group's net position as % of open interest is compared with its own last 156 weekly readings: 0 is the lowest of those weeks and 100 the highest. A group becomes high at 80 and extremely high at 90, low at 20 and extremely low at 10. It keeps that band until its rank falls back below 75 (high) or 85 (extremely high), or rises above 25 and 15 on the low side, so a market does not change band on a small weekly move.
Is this investment advice?
No. It is an automated, educational description of public CFTC data and does not tell anyone what to do.
Not a trading signal, an entry point or a recommendation.
Automated, descriptive analysis of public CFTC data (prices: Yahoo Finance) by COT-Reports.com, computed Oct 30, 2026, 7:36 PM UTC from the report of Oct 27, 2026. The numbers are facts; the words describing them are our interpretation. COT-Reports.com sells subscriptions and lists partner offers. Not investment advice. Past patterns do not predict future prices. How this analysis is computed
Weekly data from CFTC (Futures Only). Price from Yahoo Finance. Charts drawn with TradingView Lightweight Charts™. Copyright (c) 2026 TradingView, Inc.