PALO VERDE (OFF-PEAK)
Weekly CFTC positioning for PALO VERDE (OFF-PEAK) on ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV: the disaggregated report (managed money, producers, swap dealers), futures only.
In the 2026-09-08 report, managed money was net long 3,833 contracts in PALO VERDE (OFF-PEAK) while swap dealers were net long 2,533, so the two camps agree on direction. The COT Index sits at 99%, near the top of its one-year range, which historically marks crowded positioning.
3,833
Managed Money Net net
contracts
2,533
Swap Dealers Net net
contracts
18,109
Open interest
contracts
99%
COT index, 1 year
top of range
As of 2026-09-08. Positions as of the Tuesday report date; published by the CFTC on Friday.
Recent Reports
| Date | OI | Managed Money Net | Swap Dealers Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-08 | 18,109 | 3,833 | 2,533 |
| 2026-09-01 | 18,017 | 3,833 | 2,533 |
| 2026-08-25 | 18,839 | 3,626 | 3,009 |
| 2026-08-18 | 18,673 | 3,586 | 3,279 |
| 2026-08-11 | 18,563 | 3,436 | 3,339 |
| 2026-08-04 | 18,488 | 3,436 | 3,264 |
| 2026-07-28 | 19,748 | 3,329 | 4,139 |
| 2026-07-21 | 19,473 | 3,254 | 4,204 |
| 2026-07-14 | 19,558 | 3,254 | 4,399 |
| 2026-07-07 | 20,038 | 3,909 | 4,419 |
| 2026-06-23 | 20,768 | 3,642 | 5,273 |
| 2026-06-16 | 20,664 | 3,737 | 5,248 |
What the latest data says
As of 8 September 2026, managed money net position in PALO VERDE (OFF-PEAK) is net long 3,833 contracts, up 397 contracts over the last four weeks. Over the last 52 readings it ranged from -2,623 contracts (14 April 2026) to 3,909 contracts (7 July 2026). The latest reading sits at the top of that range.
What this data is
CFTC positioning (COT) for PALO VERDE (OFF-PEAK)
Every Friday at 3:30 pm Eastern the CFTC publishes who held what in US futures markets as of the previous Tuesday. Large traders are grouped by what they do, not who they are, and the report shows each group's long, short and spread positions. That's the Commitments of Traders report, and it's the only public window into institutional positioning across currencies, rates, equity indices, energy, metals and agriculture.
Financial futures use the Traders in Financial Futures format: dealers and intermediaries, asset managers and institutional investors, leveraged funds, and other reportables. Commodities use the disaggregated format: producers, merchants, processors and users; swap dealers; managed money; and other reportables. Positions too small to report are shown as nonreportable in both.
This page follows PALO VERDE (OFF-PEAK) only. The full list, the method notes and the cross-market view live on the CFTC positioning (COT) hub.
Source and method
- Source
- CFTC weekly COT files (TFF futures-only and disaggregated futures-only)
- Updates
- Weekly. Positions as of Tuesday, published Friday 3:30 pm ET; loaded Friday 21:00 UTC with a Saturday retry. Last update 2026-09-08.
- History
- January 2010.
- This series
- 474 weekly reports on file, 2013-05-07 to 2026-09-08.Disaggregated format, futures only, ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV.
- Get the data
- JSON API and CSV download30 requests a minute without a key, 120 a minute with a key from a free account.
Data checks. Every dataset is checked against its source once a day. This dataset passed the last run, 12 Sep 05:40 UTC.
How to read it
- Look at the net position of the speculative category (leveraged funds or managed money) relative to its own history, not its absolute size. Extremes are where reversals start.
- When speculators and the structural side (asset managers or producers) sit at opposite extremes, the market is stretched. The structural side is usually right over months, the speculative side over days.
- Open interest is the denominator. A net long that grew while open interest shrank is a crowd getting smaller, not more confident.
Analysis of what the data shows, not advice. XOOMAR does not recommend buying, selling or holding anything.
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