WTI physical (NYMEX)
WTI Crude Oil positioning
Price series: WTI futures (front month) · positions as of Tuesday Nov 3, 2026, published Friday Nov 6, 2026
This week · published Nov 6, 2026
WTI Crude Oil, week of Nov 3, 2026: Managed money sit at the 21st percentile of their 3-year range. They cut 9,400 net long contracts on the week. 8-week signal: convergence — healthy downtrend.
Signal log — Managed money
Every past signal in this market, and what price did afterwards.
Every rolling 8-week window classified as a bullish or bearish divergence, or as convergence where price and positioning agree. Price change is in percent; net change is in contracts.
Each row covers one stretch of weekly reports: the % is the price change over that stretch, the net figure is the change in the group's net position, in contracts.
- Convergence — healthy downtrendSep 8, 2026 → Nov 3, 2026price -9.5% · net position -90,003 contracts
- Bearish divergenceAug 11, 2026 → Oct 27, 2026price +26.4% · net position -48,788 contracts
- Convergence — healthy uptrendJul 7, 2026 → Sep 22, 2026price +29.4% · net position +37,787 contracts
- Bearish divergenceMay 26, 2026 → Aug 11, 2026price -5.7% · net position -8 contracts
- Convergence — healthy downtrendMay 19, 2026 → Jul 14, 2026price -14.6% · net position -36,245 contracts
- Bullish divergenceApr 7, 2026 → Jun 30, 2026price -28.8% · net position +2,582 contracts
- Bearish divergenceMar 17, 2026 → May 12, 2026price +7.2% · net position -23,570 contracts
- Convergence — healthy downtrendMar 10, 2026 → May 5, 2026price -3.3% · net position -21,331 contracts
- Convergence — healthy uptrendNov 18, 2025 → Apr 28, 2026price +75.6% · net position +93,002 contracts
- Bullish divergenceOct 21, 2025 → Jan 6, 2026price -3.9% · net position +62,682 contracts
- Bearish divergenceOct 7, 2025 → Dec 2, 2025price +2.0% · net position -17,287 contracts
- Convergence — healthy downtrendJun 10, 2025 → Nov 25, 2025price -19.8% · net position -198,587 contracts
More in Energy
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.