Wti Houston Argus/Wti Balmo COT report positioning analysis.
The CFTC did not publish figures for Wti Houston Argus/Wti Balmo in the report of Oct 6, 2026; the latest available report is from Sep 22, 2026.
There is no positioning reading for this market this week. The history chart below still shows the reported positions.
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Based on the CFTC's Futures Only report — Disaggregated for commodities, Traders in Financial Futures (TFF) for financial markets. A Futures & Options Combined view is coming for COT Premium.
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).
Wti Houston Argus/Wti Balmo COT report — FAQ
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What does the Wti Houston Argus/Wti Balmo COT positioning analysis show?
Where each group of traders in Wti Houston Argus/Wti Balmo futures stands this week compared with its own last 3 years, from the CFTC's Disaggregated report (Futures Only): money managers, small traders and producers and merchants, with the week's change.
When is the Wti Houston Argus/Wti Balmo 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 Wti Houston Argus/Wti Balmo?
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.
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 12, 2026, 6:17 PM UTC from the report of Oct 6, 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.