CFTC Commitments: NYMEX Crude Oil Futures/Options - Jan 30

WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE 
OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 01/27/26          | 
--------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE 
      NON-COMMERCIAL      |   COMMERCIAL    |      TOTAL      |   POSITIONS 
--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- 
  Long  | Short  |Spreads |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short 
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(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS)                         OPEN INTEREST:    2,585,126 
COMMITMENTS 
 298,732  137,078  1231135  972,470  1155334  2502337  2523547   82,790   61,580 
 
CHANGES FROM 01/20/26 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST:    146,788) 
   5,237  -10,882   98,530   39,269   56,559  143,036  144,207    3,752    2,581 
 
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 
    11.6      5.3     47.6     37.6     44.7     96.8     97.6      3.2      2.4 
 
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS:      350) 
     147       86      177      102      101      327      293 
 
 
CRUDE OIL CAL SPREAD OPTIONS - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE 
OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 01/27/26          | 
--------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE 
      NON-COMMERCIAL      |   COMMERCIAL    |      TOTAL      |   POSITIONS 
--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- 
  Long  | Short  |Spreads |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short 
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(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS)                         OPEN INTEREST:       52,609 
COMMITMENTS 
   1,441    9,632   10,422   39,919   32,532   51,782   52,587      827       22 
 
CHANGES FROM 01/20/26 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST:      4,416) 
     322     -513    1,443    2,375    3,476    4,140    4,407      276        9 
 
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 
     2.7     18.3     19.8     75.9     61.8     98.4    100.0      1.6      0.0 
 
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS:       21) 
       2        3        4       15       12       19       17 
 
 
WTI FINANCIAL CRUDE OIL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE 
OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 01/27/26          | 
--------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE 
      NON-COMMERCIAL      |   COMMERCIAL    |      TOTAL      |   POSITIONS 
--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- 
  Long  | Short  |Spreads |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short 
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(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS)                         OPEN INTEREST:      177,483 
COMMITMENTS 
  51,209   10,151   13,288   81,973  115,256  146,470  138,695   31,013   38,788 
 
CHANGES FROM 01/20/26 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST:      7,169) 
   2,463       98     -271    4,156    4,303    6,348    4,130      821    3,039 
 
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 
    28.9      5.7      7.5     46.2     64.9     82.5     78.1     17.5     21.9 
 
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS:       39) 
       6        2        5       22       24       28       31 
 
 
CRUDE OIL AVG PRICE OPTIONS - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE 
OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 01/27/26          | 
--------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE 
      NON-COMMERCIAL      |   COMMERCIAL    |      TOTAL      |   POSITIONS 
--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- 
  Long  | Short  |Spreads |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short 
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(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS)                         OPEN INTEREST:      115,474 
COMMITMENTS 
  33,612   16,880   14,754   62,975   75,106  111,341  106,740    4,133    8,734 
 
CHANGES FROM 01/20/26 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST:      7,799) 
   2,911     -544    3,580    3,192    5,315    9,683    8,350   -1,884     -551 
 
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 
    29.1     14.6     12.8     54.5     65.0     96.4     92.4      3.6      7.6 
 
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS:       30) 
      11        1       12       16       18       28       30 
 
 
BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE 
OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 01/27/26          | 
--------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE 
      NON-COMMERCIAL      |   COMMERCIAL    |      TOTAL      |   POSITIONS 
--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- 
  Long  | Short  |Spreads |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short 
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(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS)                         OPEN INTEREST:      319,032 
COMMITMENTS 
  54,172   99,818  122,979  133,302   89,606  310,453  312,403    8,579    6,628 
 
CHANGES FROM 01/20/26 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST:     28,537) 
   5,546   10,985    8,695   14,774    8,021   29,015   27,702     -478      835 
 
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 
    17.0     31.3     38.5     41.8     28.1     97.3     97.9      2.7      2.1 
 
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS:       65) 
      23       18       39       20       21       61       61 
 
 
WTI  HOUSTON ARGUS/WTI TR MO - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE 
OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 01/27/26          | 
--------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE 
      NON-COMMERCIAL      |   COMMERCIAL    |      TOTAL      |   POSITIONS 
--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- 
  Long  | Short  |Spreads |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short 
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(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS)                         OPEN INTEREST:      487,599 
COMMITMENTS 
  23,921   20,881   32,754  391,958  395,243  448,633  448,878   38,966   38,721 
 
CHANGES FROM 01/20/26 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST:     25,831) 
  -5,254   -2,648    5,866   -6,028   -7,995   -5,416   -4,777   31,247   30,608 
 
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 
     4.9      4.3      6.7     80.4     81.1     92.0     92.1      8.0      7.9 
 
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS:       49) 
       3        6        7       30       30       38       38 
 
 
WTI MIDLAND ARGUS VS WTI TRADE - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE 
OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 01/27/26          | 
--------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE 
      NON-COMMERCIAL      |   COMMERCIAL    |      TOTAL      |   POSITIONS 
--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- 
  Long  | Short  |Spreads |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short 
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(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS)                         OPEN INTEREST:      301,881 
COMMITMENTS 
     282    5,163    6,964  291,475  268,359  298,721  280,486    3,160   21,395 
 
CHANGES FROM 01/20/26 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST:      6,701) 
     282     -300     -189    6,762    9,706    6,855    9,217     -154   -2,516 
 
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 
     0.1      1.7      2.3     96.6     88.9     99.0     92.9      1.0      7.1 
 
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS:       40) 
       1        2        3       20       29       23       32 
 
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