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COT report 25 Aug 2026

Natural Gas

Positioning history from the CFTC Commitments of Traders report, Legacy futures-only. Up to the last 52 weekly reports, most recent first. Tilt is net position as a share of open interest; Pct is that reading’s percentile against the market’s own history.

+80.0%-80.0%
Large specsCommercialsSmall specs
Natural Gas — weekly positioning history, most recent report first
ReportLarge specsCommercialsSmall specs
TiltPctTiltPctTiltPct
25 Aug 2026-24.0%30+19.6%88+9.8%4 4th percentile — extreme short
18 Aug 2026-24.7%28+20.0%89+15.4%12
11 Aug 2026-24.7%28+19.5%88+17.5%17
04 Aug 2026-25.5%26+20.1%89+10.5%5
28 Jul 2026-24.7%28+19.5%89+11.3%6
21 Jul 2026-22.5%34+17.1%83+11.7%6
14 Jul 2026-23.7%30+18.3%87+13.1%8
07 Jul 2026-23.2%31+16.0%80+17.3%16
30 Jun 2026-24.8%27+15.5%79+18.3%17
23 Jun 2026-26.3%24+16.5%82+16.9%15
16 Jun 2026-26.4%24+16.2%81+11.0%6
09 Jun 2026-28.7%19+17.6%85+19.3%19
02 Jun 2026-28.0%21+17.0%83+12.6%7
26 May 2026-30.6%14+18.9%88+14.4%10
19 May 2026-29.4%18+17.7%86+17.7%16
12 May 2026-26.7%22+15.6%80+17.6%16
05 May 2026-26.0%24+15.3%79+13.8%9
28 Apr 2026-26.3%24+15.5%80+15.8%11
21 Apr 2026-25.8%24+15.6%80+18.4%16
14 Apr 2026-28.3%20+17.7%85+16.4%12
07 Apr 2026-30.2%15+16.5%82+24.0%38
31 Mar 2026-29.1%19+15.1%79+20.4%22
24 Mar 2026-29.1%18+15.7%81+21.2%26
17 Mar 2026-29.1%18+15.3%80+20.7%24
10 Mar 2026-31.0%12+15.7%81+23.0%33
03 Mar 2026-32.9%5+17.9%86+21.2%26
24 Feb 2026-33.0%5+17.8%86+10.5%5
17 Feb 2026-31.1%11+16.5%83+11.5%6
10 Feb 2026-29.2%18+15.3%80+13.4%8
03 Feb 2026-28.6%18+15.2%80+10.1%5
27 Jan 2026-27.5%20+14.6%78+11.7%6
20 Jan 2026-28.6%18+17.7%86+10.6%5
13 Jan 2026-25.6%23+16.8%83+13.1%7
06 Jan 2026-24.6%25+15.1%80+11.1%6
30 Dec 2025-25.9%22+14.8%79+10.4%5
23 Dec 2025-25.3%24+15.1%80+8.6%4
16 Dec 2025-22.8%29+11.7%67+10.9%5
09 Dec 2025-20.2%39+8.6%49+20.1%19
02 Dec 2025-23.3%28+11.7%68+12.6%6
25 Nov 2025-25.5%23+13.5%76+13.3%6
18 Nov 2025-24.3%26+13.1%75+15.5%9
10 Nov 2025-24.3%25+12.9%74+14.4%8
04 Nov 2025-22.9%28+13.0%75+13.3%6
28 Oct 2025-22.4%30+14.1%77+6.4%2
21 Oct 2025-22.9%28+15.4%80+6.9%3
14 Oct 2025-22.6%29+14.9%80+9.2%4
07 Oct 2025-21.7%32+14.8%79+6.1%2
30 Sept 2025-18.8%43+12.8%74+7.3%3
23 Sept 2025-18.6%44+12.9%75+8.1%3
16 Sept 2025-16.4%51+11.2%66+6.7%2
09 Sept 2025-14.3%60+9.0%52+11.0%4
02 Sept 2025-15.3%56+9.7%58+14.0%6