Credit: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Money managers cut their net long U.S. crude futures and options positions in the week to January 25, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) said on Friday.
The speculator group cut its combined futures and options position in New York and London by 19,919 contracts to 297,397 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 297,442 -14,154 -556,093 1,448 59,480 447
ICE WTI crude -45 -5,765 -98,536 1,763 88,655 7,396
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Total 297,397 -19,919 -654,629 3,211 148,135 7,843
RBOB 75,284 -843 31,235 1,043 -99,273 -1,037
Heating oil 31,886 4,485 70,394 1,043 -114,449 -1,904
Other NonReport Open
Net Chg Net Chg Interest Chg
NYMEX Crude 147,078 5,600 52,094 6,659 2,816,309 70,982
ICE WTI crude 6,921 -5,488 3,005 2,094 650,468 6,692
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Total 153,999 112 55,099 8,753 3,466,777 77,674
RBOB -15,037 -285 7,791 1,121 367,393 -1,150
Heating oil -11,541 -1,501 23,710 -2,123 373,697 -6,410
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FUTURES ONLY Managed Swaps Producer
Net Chg Net Chg Net Chg
NYMEX Crude 263,854 -15,657 -473,399 6,251 52,753 155
ICE WTI crude 1,672 -4,327 -81,897 1,910 80,410 6,203
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Total 265,526 -19,984 -555,296 8,161 133,163 6,358
RBOB 75,443 -824 31,205 1,132 -98,400 -1,062
Heating oil 31,839 4,513 72,182 838 -113,141 -1,862
Other NonReport Open
Net Chg Net Chg Interest Chg
NYMEX Crude 109,561 3,291 47,231 5,960 2,095,994 36,430
ICE WTI crude -3,565 -5,834 3,380 2,048 478,752 -4,326
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Total 105,996 -2,543 50,611 8,008 2,574,746 32,104
RBOB -15,838 -360 7,590 1,114 364,212 -1,353
Heating oil -13,839 -1,340 22,959 -2,149 360,969 -6,717
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FUTURES + OPTS FUTURES ONLY
NYMEX Crude <0#3CFTC067651> <0#1CFTC067651>
NYMEX Crude financial <0#3CFTC06765I>
ICE WTI crude <0#3CFTC067411> <0#1CFTC067411>
RBOB <0#3CFTC111659> <0#1CFTC111659>
Heating oil <0#3CFTC022651> <0#1CFTC022651>
Additional CFTC data can be found at <0#CFTC> or
or the CFTC website at
http://www.cftc.gov/marketreports/commitmentsoftraders/index.htm
(Reporting by NY Energy Desk: 646-223-6050)
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