Weekly intelligence on speculator, commercial and non-reportable net positioning across ~379 U.S. futures markets, from the CFTC legacy futures-only Commitments of Traders report (keyless official Socrata feed). Each row is one contract market for the latest published report week: net positions in contracts and as % of open interest per trader group, week-over-week flows in percentage points of OI, look-ahead-free 52-week z-scores and percentiles of net %OI, largest-trader concentration, a documented 0-100 extreme-positioning score with p1-p4 tiers, and crowded/record/divergence/flow/thin flags. Units: contracts, percent, scores, booleans. Caveats: futures only (no options); Tuesday snapshots published weekly; 'spec' = the non-commercial large-speculator bucket; concentration is the CFTC's published largest-trader share; flags needing unavailable inputs are null. Primary key: (cftc_contract_market_code, report_date). Cadence: weekly; as_of is the latest report date, so identical input produces an identical content hash. U.S. federal government work (public domain) — commercial_use = yes, attribution required. Sample use: screen extreme_score >= 75 for crowded positioning, or divergence_flag for spec-vs-hedger flow splits.

Source: CFTC — Commitment of Traders positioning intelligence
Rows: 379
Columns: 47
Source cadence: Weekly
Last refreshed: Sep 27, 2026
Theme: markets

Column	Type	Description
as_of	string	Latest CFTC report date in the feed (YYYY-MM-DD). (unit: date)
report_date	string	COT report week (Tuesday as-of date, YYYY-MM-DD). (unit: date)
cftc_contract_market_code	string	CFTC contract market code; primary key with report_date. (unit: code)
market_name	string	Contract market name as published by the CFTC. (unit: text)
exchange_name	string	Exchange hosting the contract market. (unit: text)
commodity_name	string	Commodity name from the CFTC commodity dimension. (unit: text)
commodity_subgroup	string	Commodity subgroup (e.g. GRAINS); null when unmapped. (unit: text)
sector	string	Canonical sector: Agriculture, Financials, Natural resources, or Other (unmapped rows). (unit: category)
contract_units	string	Contract size units as published. (unit: text)
open_interest	integer	Total open interest, contracts (Tuesday snapshot). (unit: count)
spec_long	integer	Non-commercial (speculator) long positions, contracts. (unit: count)
spec_short	integer	Non-commercial (speculator) short positions, contracts. (unit: count)
spec_spread	integer	Non-commercial spreading positions, contracts. (unit: count)
spec_net	integer	Speculator net = long - short, contracts. (unit: count)
spec_net_pct_oi	float	Speculator net as % of open interest. (unit: percent)
comm_long	integer	Commercial (hedger) long positions, contracts. (unit: count)
comm_short	integer	Commercial (hedger) short positions, contracts. (unit: count)
comm_net	integer	Commercial net = long - short, contracts. (unit: count)
comm_net_pct_oi	float	Commercial net as % of open interest. (unit: percent)
nonrept_long	integer	Non-reportable long positions, contracts. (unit: count)
nonrept_short	integer	Non-reportable short positions, contracts. (unit: count)
nonrept_net	integer	Non-reportable net = long - short, contracts. (unit: count)
nonrept_net_pct_oi	float	Non-reportable net as % of open interest. (unit: percent)
flow_spec_net_pp	float	WoW change in spec net, pp of current-week OI; null if the market did not report last week. (unit: pp)
flow_comm_net_pp	float	WoW change in commercial net, pp of current-week OI. (unit: pp)
flow_nonrept_net_pp	float	WoW change in non-reportable net, pp of current-week OI. (unit: pp)
flow_spec_net_contracts	float	WoW change in spec net, contracts. (unit: count)
flow_comm_net_contracts	float	WoW change in commercial net, contracts. (unit: count)
flow_oi_pct	float	WoW % change in open interest. (unit: percent)
spec_net_pct_oi_z52	float	Spec net %OI z-score vs the trailing 52 weeks (strictly before the panel week); null with < 12 weeks of history. (unit: z-score)
spec_net_pct_oi_pctl52	float	Percentile rank (0-100) of current spec net %OI within the trailing 52 weeks. (unit: percent)
comm_net_pct_oi_z52	float	Commercial net %OI z-score vs the trailing 52 weeks. (unit: z-score)
comm_net_pct_oi_pctl52	float	Percentile rank (0-100) of current commercial net %OI within the trailing 52 weeks. (unit: percent)
nonrept_net_pct_oi_z52	float	Non-reportable net %OI z-score vs the trailing 52 weeks. (unit: z-score)
nonrept_net_pct_oi_pctl52	float	Percentile rank (0-100) of current non-reportable net %OI within the trailing 52 weeks. (unit: percent)
trailing_weeks_n	float	Trailing weekly observations available (<= 52). (unit: count)
top4_net_pct_oi	float	CFTC-published % of OI held by the 4 largest net traders (max of long/short sides). (unit: percent)
top8_net_pct_oi	float	CFTC-published % of OI held by the 8 largest net traders (max of long/short sides). (unit: percent)
extreme_score	float	0-100 extreme-positioning score = 100 * min(max \|z52\| / 3, 1); null when no group has a valid z. (unit: score)
extreme_tier	string	Tier of extreme_score: p1 (>= 25), p2 (>= 50), p3 (>= 75), p4 (>= 90); null below 25. (unit: tier)
crowded_flag	boolean	True when top-4 net concentration >= 50% of OI. (unit: boolean)
record_flag	boolean	True when some group's net %OI is at its trailing-52w maximum or minimum. (unit: boolean)
divergence_flag	string	True when spec and commercial WoW flows move in opposite directions, each >= 1.5pp of OI; null when a flow is null. (unit: boolean)
flow_flag	string	True when \|spec WoW flow\| >= 3pp of OI; null when the flow is null. (unit: boolean)
thin_flag	boolean	True when open interest is below the 10th percentile of the market's trailing-52w OI. (unit: boolean)
source_url	string	Provenance: the CFTC Socrata resource behind every row. (unit: url)
row_hash	string	SHA-256 (16 hex) over the row's content fields; excludes as_of. (unit: hash)

First 10 sample rows — a preview, not the complete dataset.

as_of	report_date	cftc_contract_market_code	market_name	exchange_name	commodity_name	commodity_subgroup	sector	contract_units	open_interest	spec_long	spec_short	spec_spread	spec_net	spec_net_pct_oi	comm_long	comm_short	comm_net	comm_net_pct_oi	nonrept_long	nonrept_short	nonrept_net	nonrept_net_pct_oi	flow_spec_net_pp	flow_comm_net_pp	flow_nonrept_net_pp	flow_spec_net_contracts	flow_comm_net_contracts	flow_oi_pct	spec_net_pct_oi_z52	spec_net_pct_oi_pctl52	comm_net_pct_oi_z52	comm_net_pct_oi_pctl52	nonrept_net_pct_oi_z52	nonrept_net_pct_oi_pctl52	trailing_weeks_n	top4_net_pct_oi	top8_net_pct_oi	extreme_score	extreme_tier	crowded_flag	record_flag	divergence_flag	flow_flag	thin_flag	source_url	row_hash
2026-09-22	2026-09-22	001602	WHEAT-SRW	CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE	WHEAT	GRAINS	Agriculture	(CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS)	483,279	120,127	127,487	153,347	-7,360	-1.52	173,065	170,087	2,978	0.62	36,740	32,358	4,382	0.91	-1.78	1.61	0.17	-8,588	7,777	-0.38	1.08	88.2	-1.23	7.8	1.43	98	52	8.3	14.9	47.8	p1	false	false	true	false	false	https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/resource/6dca-aqww.json	d8c922815930a11c
2026-09-22	2026-09-22	001612	WHEAT-HRW	CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE	WHEAT	GRAINS	Agriculture	(CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS)	311,936	85,099	58,609	98,329	26,490	8.49	107,481	135,884	-28,403	-9.11	21,027	19,114	1,913	0.61	-1.23	0.94	0.29	-3,845	2,942	0.35	1.56	94.1	-1.73	3.9	1.55	98	52	11.2	19.7	57.7	p2	false	false	false	false	false	https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/resource/6dca-aqww.json	ad7b011b1672a03c
2026-09-22	2026-09-22	001626	WHEAT-HRSpring	MIAX FUTURES EXCHANGE	WHEAT	GRAINS	Agriculture	(CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS)	80,560	26,167	4,323	4,550	21,844	27.12	39,214	64,203	-24,989	-31.02	10,629	7,484	3,145	3.9	-1.13	-0.81	1.94	-908	-652	2.01	1.05	72.5	-1.19	17.6	2.86	100	52	36.3	55.7	95.4	p4	false	true	false	false	false	https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/resource/6dca-aqww.json	d0683297ee2a1c14
2026-09-22	2026-09-22	002602	CORN	CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE	CORN	GRAINS	Agriculture	(CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS)	1,854,505	665,291	129,490	368,351	535,801	28.89	689,974	1,164,785	-474,811	-25.6	130,889	191,879	-60,990	-3.29	-0.35	0.11	0.25	-6,583	2,034	0.58	2.03	94.1	-2.13	3.9	-0.81	19.6	52	9.8	16.7	71.1	p2	false	false	false	false	false	https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/resource/6dca-aqww.json	2b1f1036632249ed
2026-09-22	2026-09-22	005602	SOYBEANS	CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE	SOYBEANS	OILSEED and PRODUCTS	Agriculture	(CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS)	1,114,328	370,525	88,944	210,739	281,581	25.27	482,883	740,427	-257,544	-23.11	50,181	74,218	-24,037	-2.16	1.83	-1.7	-0.13	20,398	-18,969	0.86	1.13	92.2	-1.2	3.9	0.5	66.7	52	13.9	20.4	40	p1	false	false	true	false	false	https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/resource/6dca-aqww.json	f8426f3ae3f86de2
2026-09-22	2026-09-22	005603	MINI SOYBEANS	CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE	SOYBEANS	OILSEED and PRODUCTS	Agriculture	(Contracts of 1,000 Bushels)	29,585	26,251	1,483	755	24,768	83.72	6	9,856	-9,850	-33.29	2,573	17,491	-14,918	-50.42	0.71	0.94	-1.65	210	278	1.52	1.53	94.7	1.04	68.4	-2.76	-5.3	20	83.8	88.7	91.9	p4	true	true	false	false	false	https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/resource/6dca-aqww.json	6ee79252b297c829
2026-09-22	2026-09-22	0063CC	NJ SRECS	ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV	POLLUTION / RENEWABLES & CREDITS	EMISSIONS	Natural resources	(10 SRECs)	142,478	30,493	47,707	2,980	-17,214	-12.08	109,005	91,768	17,237	12.1	0	23	-23	-0.02	-0.18	0.18	0	-250	250	1.5	0.15	66.7	-0.15	31.4	-4.9	2	52	87.8	94.2	100	p4	true	false	false	false	false	https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/resource/6dca-aqww.json	5e52e9df3d527799
2026-09-22	2026-09-22	0063CH	PJM TRI-RECs CLASS 1	ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV	POLLUTION / RENEWABLES & CREDITS	EMISSIONS	Natural resources	(100 MWh of renewable energy certificate	242,492	29,939	55,321	27,150	-25,382	-10.47	185,403	160,021	25,382	10.47	0	0	0	0	0.08	-0.08	0	185	-185	0.02	-0.94	17.6	0.94	80.4	-1.13	29.4	52	57.9	71.3	37.6	p1	true	true	false	false	false	https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/resource/6dca-aqww.json	e906b504e9a09dd9
2026-09-22	2026-09-22	0063CU	CALIF LOW CARBON FSC-OPIS	ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV	POLLUTION / RENEWABLES & CREDITS	EMISSIONS	Natural resources	(100 LCFS Credits- each of 1 MT)	120,043	67,248	26,889	2,563	40,359	33.62	50,211	90,591	-40,380	-33.64	21	0	21	0.02	-1.14	1.13	0.02	-1,372	1,351	-0.8	-2.27	-2	2.27	100	-0.03	56.9	52	79.8	94.2	75.7	p3	true	true	false	false	false	https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/resource/6dca-aqww.json	d422fcb22de76644
2026-09-22	2026-09-22	0063CW	D6 RINs OPIS CURRENT YEAR	ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV	POLLUTION / RENEWABLES & CREDITS	EMISSIONS	Natural resources	(50,000 RINs)	29,337	12,363	9,211	10,545	3,152	10.74	6,272	9,459	-3,187	-10.86	157	122	35	0.12	-0.52	0.64	-0.12	-152	188	0.25	-1.01	7.8	1.01	90.2	0.35	60.8	52	39.1	51.9	33.8	p1	false	false	false	false	false	https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/resource/6dca-aqww.json	ae63bdf3a0aaaebf

Sep 27, 2026Current
20260927T093441Z-bf665f464cb0 · sha256 bf665f464cb0…
379 rows · first snapshot

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ds = requests.get("https://datazimuts.com/v1/datasets/cftc_cot_positioning_intel/cot_positioning_intel_weekly").json()
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# Sample rows for an LLM context window
for row in ds.get("sample_rows", [])[:5]:
    print(row)

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CFTC — Commitment of Traders positioning intelligence. (2026). CFTC futures-only COT positioning intelligence (weekly) [Data set, snapshot 20260927T093441Z-bf665f464cb0, sha256 bf665f464cb0]. Datazimuts. Retrieved 2026-09-27, from https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/cftc_cot_positioning_intel/cot_positioning_intel_weekly?snapshot=20260927T093441Z-bf665f464cb0

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@misc{dz_cftc_cot_positioning_intel_cot_positioni_bf665f46,
  title        = {{CFTC futures-only COT positioning intelligence (weekly)}},
  author       = {{CFTC — Commitment of Traders positioning intelligence}},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Datazimuts},
  howpublished = {\url{https://datazimuts.com/en/datasets/cftc_cot_positioning_intel/cot_positioning_intel_weekly?snapshot=20260927T093441Z-bf665f464cb0}},
  note         = {Snapshot 20260927T093441Z-bf665f464cb0, sha256 bf665f464cb01476cb904e59c8943f6662f1833a384442bfd47733e56336b5b6; accessed 2026-09-27}
}

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