Oats
Weekly CFTC positioning for Oats on Chicago Board Of Trade: the disaggregated report (managed money, producers, swap dealers), futures only.
As of 20 October 2026, managed money was net long 1,298 contracts in Oats while swap dealers held no net position. Managed money flipped from net short to net long over 52 weeks. The COT Index sits at 100%, near the top of its one-year range. Open interest is 4,097 contracts, the 25th largest of 25 agriculture markets by open interest. Weekly reports since January 2010.
1,298
Managed money, net
contracts
0
Swap dealers, net
contracts
4,097
Open interest
contracts
100%
COT index, 1 year
top of range
As of 2026-10-20. Oats positions.
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Recent Reports
| Date | OI | Managed money, net | Swap dealers, net |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | 4,097 | 1,298 | 0 |
| 2026-10-06 | 3,866 | 1,100 | 0 |
| 2026-09-01 | 3,132 | 118 | 0 |
| 2026-06-02 | 4,630 | 595 | 111 |
| 2026-05-26 | 4,735 | 701 | 126 |
| 2026-05-19 | 4,473 | 664 | 124 |
| 2026-02-03 | 4,120 | -1,249 | 0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 4,172 | -1,354 | -119 |
| 2026-01-20 | 4,063 | -1,317 | -117 |
| 2026-01-13 | 4,124 | -1,141 | -126 |
| 2025-12-23 | 4,481 | -1,694 | -124 |
| 2025-12-16 | 4,612 | -1,726 | -128 |
| 2025-12-09 | 4,079 | -1,281 | -117 |
| 2025-12-02 | 4,006 | -1,208 | -110 |
| 2025-11-25 | 4,478 | -1,358 | -113 |
| 2025-11-18 | 5,080 | -1,376 | -46 |
| 2025-11-10 | 6,182 | -1,602 | -114 |
| 2025-11-04 | 6,221 | -1,614 | -113 |
| 2025-10-28 | 6,689 | -1,806 | -116 |
| 2025-10-21 | 6,610 | -1,937 | -119 |
| 2025-10-14 | 6,615 | -1,758 | -121 |
| 2025-10-07 | 6,785 | -1,598 | -123 |
| 2025-09-30 | 5,660 | -1,375 | -113 |
| 2025-09-23 | 5,185 | -1,170 | -112 |
| 2025-09-16 | 4,614 | -976 | -108 |
| 2025-09-09 | 4,140 | -562 | -106 |
| 2024-11-19 | 3,731 | 306 | -61 |
| 2024-11-12 | 4,132 | 553 | -46 |
| 2024-11-05 | 4,370 | 885 | -61 |
| 2024-10-08 | 4,034 | 560 | -61 |
| 2024-10-01 | 3,998 | 443 | 35 |
| 2024-09-24 | 3,630 | 335 | 44 |
| 2024-09-17 | 3,363 | 311 | 47 |
| 2024-09-10 | 3,556 | -313 | -30 |
| 2024-09-03 | 4,247 | -929 | -190 |
| 2024-08-27 | 4,810 | -1,382 | -299 |
| 2024-08-20 | 5,261 | -1,550 | -315 |
| 2024-08-13 | 5,139 | -1,528 | -302 |
| 2024-08-06 | 4,966 | -1,492 | -295 |
| 2024-07-30 | 5,241 | -1,509 | -298 |
| 2024-07-23 | 5,392 | -1,620 | -294 |
| 2024-07-16 | 5,478 | -1,533 | -285 |
| 2024-07-09 | 5,328 | -1,324 | 26 |
| 2024-07-02 | 5,109 | -980 | -2 |
| 2024-06-25 | 5,023 | -753 | -91 |
| 2024-06-18 | 4,555 | -299 | -185 |
| 2024-06-04 | 4,422 | 647 | 163 |
| 2024-05-14 | 4,365 | 676 | 194 |
| 2024-04-16 | 4,391 | -1,378 | -196 |
| 2024-04-09 | 5,241 | -1,526 | -129 |
| 2024-04-02 | 4,014 | -1,140 | 0 |
| 2024-01-16 | 3,449 | -624 | -489 |
What the latest data says
As of 20 October 2026, managed money net position in Oats is net long 1,298 contracts, up 597 contracts over the last four weeks. Over the last 52 readings it ranged from -1,937 contracts (21 October 2025) to 1,298 contracts (20 October 2026). The latest reading sits at the top of that range.
What this data is
CFTC positioning (COT) for Oats
What the report formats and trader categories mean: About the COT data.
Oats 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 Oats report is dated 2026-10-20.
- History
- 5 January 2010.
- This series
- 729 weekly reports on file, 2010-01-05 to 2026-10-20.Disaggregated format, futures only, Chicago Board Of Trade.
- Get the data
- JSON API and CSV download10 requests a minute without a key, 30 with a free key from a free account.
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