Commodities Buzz: WTI Crude oil net speculative longs spike after recent decline
05-Jan-2026
15:30
Energy speculators sharply increased their net long positions in the crude oil futures market, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The non-commercial futures contracts of Crude oil futures, traded by large speculators, hedge funds and retailers, totaled a net long position of 64898 contracts in the data reported through week ended December 23, 2025. This was a weekly surge of 10002 net contracts and pulled up net longs from lowest in nearly a decade.
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