Gasoline RBOB (NYMEX)
RBOB Gasoline positioning
Price series: RBOB futures (front month) · positions as of Tuesday Nov 3, 2026, published Friday Nov 6, 2026
This week · published Nov 6, 2026
RBOB Gasoline, week of Nov 3, 2026: Managed money sit at the 87th percentile of their 3-year range — near the most bullish of the past 3 years. They cut 4,471 net long contracts on the week. 8-week signal: convergence — healthy downtrend.
Price and positioning are falling together: the downtrend is well supported.
Price -16.4% · managed money net position -5,877 (contracts, over 8 weekly reports)
Price vs positioning (contracts)
Price on top, and what the big traders were holding underneath it.
Left axis: net position in contracts. Right axis: price (RBOB futures (front month)). Net position = long contracts minus short contracts. Above the zero line = net long.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders — positions as of Tuesday, published the following Friday. All position figures are futures contracts unless the % of open interest view is selected. Positioning is a sentiment tool, not a timing signal. Not investment advice.