Lumber
Weekly CFTC positioning for Lumber on Chicago Mercantile Exchange: the disaggregated report (managed money, producers, swap dealers), futures only.
As of 3 November 2026, managed money was net short 6,182 contracts in Lumber while swap dealers were net long 178 contracts, so the two groups are positioned against each other. Managed money added 20 net contracts over one week, added 135 net contracts over four weeks and cut 1,938 net contracts over 52 weeks. The COT Index sits at 6%, near the bottom of its one-year range. Open interest is 9,517 contracts, the 24th largest of 25 agriculture markets by open interest. Weekly reports since February 2023.
-6,182
Managed money, net
contracts
178
Swap dealers, net
contracts
9,517
Open interest
contracts
6%
COT index, 1 year
bottom of range
As of 2026-11-03. Lumber positions.
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Recent Reports
| Date | OI | Managed money, net | Swap dealers, net |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | 9,517 | -6,182 | 178 |
| 2026-10-27 | 9,822 | -6,202 | -96 |
| 2026-10-20 | 10,226 | -5,937 | -204 |
| 2026-10-13 | 10,655 | -6,258 | -223 |
| 2026-10-06 | 10,771 | -6,317 | 4 |
| 2026-09-29 | 9,724 | -5,902 | 37 |
| 2026-09-22 | 9,441 | -5,650 | 36 |
| 2026-09-15 | 9,205 | -5,564 | 52 |
| 2026-09-08 | 9,945 | -5,987 | 50 |
| 2026-09-01 | 10,162 | -5,775 | 29 |
| 2026-08-25 | 9,286 | -4,770 | -22 |
| 2026-08-18 | 9,260 | -4,702 | -5 |
| 2026-08-11 | 8,239 | -3,719 | -3 |
| 2026-08-04 | 7,423 | -594 | -419 |
| 2026-07-28 | 8,203 | 1,954 | -433 |
| 2026-07-21 | 6,938 | 755 | -382 |
| 2026-07-14 | 6,096 | 352 | -385 |
| 2026-07-07 | 6,632 | -383 | -339 |
| 2026-06-23 | 7,066 | 68 | -333 |
| 2026-06-16 | 7,574 | -1,087 | -352 |
| 2026-06-09 | 9,251 | -4,170 | -364 |
| 2026-06-02 | 9,718 | -5,056 | -383 |
| 2026-05-26 | 9,248 | -5,126 | -393 |
| 2026-05-19 | 9,115 | -5,142 | -405 |
| 2026-05-12 | 9,348 | -5,445 | -423 |
| 2026-05-05 | 9,741 | -5,610 | -440 |
| 2026-04-28 | 10,260 | -5,924 | -466 |
| 2026-04-21 | 10,188 | -5,680 | -415 |
| 2026-04-14 | 10,343 | -5,737 | -361 |
| 2026-04-07 | 9,957 | -5,590 | -256 |
| 2026-03-31 | 9,074 | -4,852 | -245 |
| 2026-03-24 | 8,991 | -5,374 | -272 |
| 2026-03-17 | 9,590 | -6,055 | -244 |
| 2026-03-10 | 10,482 | -6,724 | -292 |
| 2026-03-03 | 10,323 | -6,414 | -252 |
| 2026-02-24 | 9,142 | -4,906 | -296 |
| 2026-02-17 | 8,868 | -3,915 | -230 |
| 2026-02-10 | 8,956 | -3,954 | -202 |
| 2026-02-03 | 8,686 | -3,905 | -139 |
| 2026-01-27 | 8,001 | -3,628 | -126 |
| 2026-01-20 | 9,045 | -4,424 | -27 |
| 2026-01-13 | 10,099 | -6,177 | -78 |
| 2026-01-06 | 10,022 | -5,640 | -115 |
| 2025-12-30 | 9,932 | -5,111 | -183 |
| 2025-12-23 | 10,110 | -4,970 | -173 |
| 2025-12-16 | 10,916 | -5,132 | -188 |
| 2025-12-09 | 10,600 | -5,378 | -176 |
| 2025-12-02 | 10,184 | -5,353 | -184 |
| 2025-11-25 | 9,287 | -5,132 | -183 |
| 2025-11-18 | 8,721 | -4,704 | -173 |
| 2025-11-10 | 9,409 | -4,610 | -123 |
| 2025-11-04 | 9,010 | -4,244 | -108 |
What the latest data says
As of 3 November 2026, managed money net position in Lumber is net short 6,182 contracts, up 135 contracts over the last four weeks. Over the last 52 readings it ranged from -6,724 contracts (10 March 2026) to 1,954 contracts (28 July 2026). The latest reading sits at the bottom of that range.
What this data is
CFTC positioning (COT) for Lumber
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Lumber only; other markets are on the CFTC positioning (COT) hub.
Source and updates
- Source
- CFTC Commitments of Traders (Traders in Financial Futures and Disaggregated reports)
- Credit
- CFTC.
- Updates
- Weekly; the latest Lumber report is dated 2026-11-03.
- History
- 21 February 2023.
- This series
- 191 weekly reports on file, 2023-02-21 to 2026-11-03.Disaggregated format, futures only, Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
- Get the data
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