COT Report Breakdown: Friday 16 October 2026 (positions as of 13 October)

Latest CFTC Commitments of Traders report for 13 October 2026: managed money, asset manager and leveraged fund positioning changes across 19 futures markets, from the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to gold, crude oil, silver, copper.

Net position is longs minus shorts. Week-on-week change uses the CFTC's own change columns from the same file. No price targets, no narrative: just what the reportable categories actually did.

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Financial futures COT: Asset Managers and Leveraged Funds

Commodities COT: Managed Money and Swap Dealer positioning

E-Mini S&P 500 (ES) COT: Leveraged Funds net short 410,518

Leveraged Funds: net short 410,518 (+5,392 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Asset Managers: net long 918,097 (+8,796 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

E-Mini Nasdaq 100 (NQ) COT: Leveraged Funds net short 11,593

Leveraged Funds: net short 11,593 (+7,619 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Asset Managers: net long 75,323 (+1,525 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Gold (GC) COT: Managed Money net long 107,089

Managed Money: net long 107,089 (-3,898 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Swap Dealers (proxy): net short 224,094 (+932 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Crude Oil (CL) COT: Managed Money net long 40,574

Managed Money: net long 40,574 (-13,024 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Swap Dealers (proxy): net short 478,478 (-17,010 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Euro FX (6E) COT: Leveraged Funds net short 68,001

Leveraged Funds: net short 68,001 (-23,740 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Asset Managers: net long 199,918 (+10,037 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Japanese Yen (6J) COT: Leveraged Funds net short 33,673

Leveraged Funds: net short 33,673 (-8,630 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Asset Managers: net long 65,819 (-1,976 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

10Y T-Note (ZN) COT: Leveraged Funds net short 2,205,937

Leveraged Funds: net short 2,205,937 (-66,152 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Asset Managers: net long 2,898,562 (+70,423 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Bitcoin (BTC) COT: Leveraged Funds net short 5,844

Leveraged Funds: net short 5,844 (+1,008 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Asset Managers: net long 3,642 (+110 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Silver (SI) COT: Managed Money net long 5,619

Managed Money: net long 5,619 (-1,909 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Swap Dealers (proxy): net short 23,641 (+1,698 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Copper (HG) COT: Managed Money net long 61,058

Managed Money: net long 61,058 (-76 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Swap Dealers (proxy): net long 13,829 (-968 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Platinum (PL) COT: Managed Money net long 7,043

Managed Money: net long 7,043 (-1,432 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Swap Dealers (proxy): net short 8,635 (-333 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Natural Gas (NG) COT: Managed Money net short 126,481

Managed Money: net short 126,481 (+18,056 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Swap Dealers (proxy): net long 229,719 (+1,643 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Corn (ZC) COT: Managed Money net long 246,425

Managed Money: net long 246,425 (-83,414 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Swap Dealers (proxy): net long 273,531 (-3,894 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Wheat (SRW) (ZW) COT: Managed Money net short 32,555

Managed Money: net short 32,555 (-3,725 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Swap Dealers (proxy): net long 69,901 (-538 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Soybeans (ZS) COT: Managed Money net long 249,807

Managed Money: net long 249,807 (-8,259 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Swap Dealers (proxy): net long 57,239 (-4,531 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Sugar No. 11 (SB) COT: Managed Money net long 259,549

Managed Money: net long 259,549 (+7,035 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Swap Dealers (proxy): net long 98,801 (+775 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Coffee C (KC) COT: Managed Money net long 15,270

Managed Money: net long 15,270 (-3,766 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Swap Dealers (proxy): net long 4,812 (+1,949 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Cocoa (CC) COT: Managed Money net short 11,921

Managed Money: net short 11,921 (-869 w/w, cut longs / added shorts). Swap Dealers (proxy): net long 30,097 (+208 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Cotton No. 2 (CT) COT: Managed Money net long 58,025

Managed Money: net long 58,025 (+907 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Swap Dealers (proxy): net long 43,359 (+128 w/w, added longs / cut shorts). Net position is longs minus shorts from the CFTC report dated 13 October 2026.

Reading notes

• Index, currency, rate and Bitcoin lines come from the CFTC Traders in Financial Futures (TFF) report (Asset Managers, Leveraged Funds).
• Physical commodities (gold, crude oil, metals, energy, grains and softs) come from the Disaggregated report. There is no Asset Manager category for physical commodities, so Swap Dealers is shown as the institutional proxy and Managed Money is the speculative side.
• The legacy COT format splits traders into commercial and non-commercial positioning. The current CFTC categories used here are more granular: non-commercial speculators map broadly to Leveraged Funds and Managed Money, while Swap Dealers and commercial hedgers sit on the other side of the ledger.
• A net long figure on its own is not a signal. Look at the change versus the prior week, the trend over several weeks, and the size relative to open interest before drawing any conclusion.

Source: CFTC weekly Commitments of Traders reports. Figures are generated directly from the CFTC data files.