Butter (Cash Settled)
Weekly CFTC positioning for Butter (Cash Settled) on Chicago Mercantile Exchange: the disaggregated report (managed money, producers, swap dealers), futures only.
As of 3 November 2026, managed money was net short 721 contracts in Butter (Cash Settled) while swap dealers were net long 5,135 contracts, so the two groups are positioned against each other. Managed money added 67 net contracts over one week, added 112 net contracts over four weeks and cut 678 net contracts over 52 weeks. The COT Index sits at 22%, the middle of its one-year range. Open interest is 21,304 contracts, the 19th largest of 25 agriculture markets by open interest. Weekly reports since May 2010.
-721
Managed money, net
contracts
5,135
Swap dealers, net
contracts
21,304
Open interest
contracts
22%
COT index, 1 year
mid range
As of 2026-11-03. Butter (Cash Settled) positions.
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Recent Reports
| Date | OI | Managed money, net | Swap dealers, net |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | 21,304 | -721 | 5,135 |
| 2026-10-27 | 20,603 | -788 | 4,991 |
| 2026-10-20 | 20,111 | -866 | 4,944 |
| 2026-10-13 | 19,430 | -902 | 4,948 |
| 2026-10-06 | 18,540 | -833 | 4,594 |
| 2026-09-29 | 21,060 | -662 | 5,038 |
| 2026-09-22 | 20,218 | -618 | 4,794 |
| 2026-09-15 | 19,694 | -644 | 4,805 |
| 2026-09-08 | 18,457 | -657 | 4,346 |
| 2026-09-01 | 20,728 | -540 | 4,773 |
| 2026-08-25 | 18,919 | -486 | 3,917 |
| 2026-08-18 | 18,000 | -493 | 3,733 |
| 2026-08-11 | 17,220 | -393 | 3,494 |
| 2026-08-04 | 19,377 | -299 | 4,111 |
| 2026-07-28 | 18,727 | -294 | 3,839 |
| 2026-07-21 | 17,566 | -315 | 3,516 |
| 2026-07-14 | 16,835 | -324 | 3,200 |
| 2026-07-07 | 16,510 | -315 | 3,196 |
| 2026-06-23 | 18,496 | -288 | 3,861 |
| 2026-06-16 | 18,004 | -252 | 3,699 |
| 2026-06-09 | 17,350 | -255 | 3,423 |
| 2026-06-02 | 18,834 | -245 | 3,591 |
| 2026-05-26 | 18,267 | -252 | 3,544 |
| 2026-05-19 | 17,743 | -281 | 3,255 |
| 2026-05-12 | 16,905 | -357 | 3,122 |
| 2026-05-05 | 16,234 | -271 | 3,004 |
| 2026-04-28 | 17,712 | -208 | 3,398 |
| 2026-04-21 | 17,036 | -193 | 3,282 |
| 2026-04-14 | 15,918 | -234 | 4,182 |
| 2026-04-07 | 15,248 | -238 | 3,873 |
| 2026-03-31 | 17,086 | -168 | 3,621 |
| 2026-03-24 | 16,435 | -153 | 3,173 |
| 2026-03-17 | 15,970 | -166 | 3,073 |
| 2026-03-10 | 15,646 | -94 | 3,048 |
| 2026-03-03 | 18,169 | -182 | 2,590 |
| 2026-02-24 | 16,906 | -218 | 2,353 |
| 2026-02-17 | 15,522 | -319 | 2,057 |
| 2026-02-10 | 15,326 | -309 | 2,058 |
| 2026-02-03 | 17,036 | -232 | 2,288 |
| 2026-01-27 | 15,800 | -200 | 1,794 |
| 2026-01-20 | 15,381 | -225 | 1,814 |
| 2026-01-13 | 14,984 | -229 | 1,778 |
| 2026-01-06 | 14,200 | -174 | 1,861 |
| 2025-12-30 | 16,555 | -97 | 2,428 |
| 2025-12-23 | 16,224 | -87 | 2,307 |
| 2025-12-16 | 15,416 | -157 | 1,920 |
| 2025-12-09 | 14,900 | -194 | 1,923 |
| 2025-12-02 | 17,216 | -119 | 1,722 |
| 2025-11-25 | 16,919 | -112 | 2,127 |
| 2025-11-18 | 16,098 | -99 | 1,848 |
| 2025-11-10 | 15,369 | -93 | 1,743 |
| 2025-11-04 | 17,677 | -43 | 1,939 |
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What the latest data says
As of 3 November 2026, managed money net position in Butter (Cash Settled) is net short 721 contracts, up 112 contracts over the last four weeks. Over the last 52 readings it ranged from -902 contracts (13 October 2026) to -43 contracts (4 November 2025).
What this data is
CFTC positioning (COT) for Butter (Cash Settled)
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Source and updates
- Source
- CFTC Commitments of Traders (Traders in Financial Futures and Disaggregated reports)
- Credit
- CFTC.
- Updates
- Weekly; the latest Butter (Cash Settled) report is dated 2026-11-03.
- History
- 25 May 2010.
- This series
- 809 weekly reports on file, 2010-05-25 to 2026-11-03.Disaggregated format, futures only, Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
- Get the data
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