Storage Signal

Latest trades
Jan → Feb
Inverted · −2.61

Carry (+) means later months trade above the nearby: the market is paying toward storage. Inverted (−) means the nearby trades above later months. Not trading advice.

Futures Chain

20 contracts
BZF27 Jan 2027 OI 29,356 $97.71 / bbl -0.61 -0.62%
BZG27 Feb 2027 OI 26,520 $95.10 / bbl -0.55 -0.58%
BZH27 Mar 2027 OI 19,851 $92.65 / bbl -0.65 -0.70%
BZJ27 Apr 2027 OI 10,655 — — 0.00%
BZK27 May 2027 OI 9,501 — — 0.00%
BZM27 Jun 2027 OI 24,946 — — 0.00%
BZN27 Jul 2027 OI 6,805 — — 0.00%
BZQ27 Aug 2027 OI 8,813 — — 0.00%
BZU27 Sep 2027 OI 9,683 — — 0.00%
BZV27 Oct 2027 OI 7,158 — — 0.00%
BZX27 Nov 2027 OI 2,088 — — 0.00%
BZZ27 Dec 2027 OI 22,782 $80.38 / bbl -0.21 -0.26%
BZF28 Jan 2028 OI 3,103 $79.76 / bbl +1.27 +1.62%
BZG28 Feb 2028 OI 3,739 $79.00 / bbl +1.23 +1.58%
BZH28 Mar 2028 OI 1,440 $78.32 / bbl +1.19 +1.54%
BZJ28 Apr 2028 OI 151 $77.72 / bbl +1.15 +1.50%
BZK28 May 2028 OI 236 $77.21 / bbl +1.11 +1.46%
BZM28 Jun 2028 OI 3,408 — — 0.00%
BZN28 Jul 2028 OI 99 $76.35 / bbl +1.06 +1.41%
BZQ28 Aug 2028 OI 1 $75.94 / bbl +1.03 +1.37%

Open interest (OI) is how many contracts are still open in each month.

Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Nov 3
Managed moneyBought 2.8K on the week · most net long since Sep 22, 2026
+3.6K
Producers and merchantsLong 17.9K · short 60.8K · net −5.9K on the week
−42.9K
Open interest Down 24.9K on the week · 47 traders
242K

CFTC Commitments of Traders (disaggregated), NYMEX Brent crude futures and options combined: positions as of Tuesday, Nov 3, published Friday, Nov 6; the next report (Nov 10 positions) is out Monday, Nov 16 at 3:30 pm ET. Net is longs less shorts, in contracts of 1,000 barrels.

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Storage Signal. Worked out from the futures themselves: the front month against the next, and old crop against new while the front month is old crop, at the latest trades while the market is open, else at the last settle.

Futures Chain. Every NYMEX contract month now trading, with its last price, the day’s change and its open interest.

Commitments of Traders. U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders (disaggregated): the open positions of each kind of large trader as of Tuesday’s close, published Fridays at 3:30 pm ET (the following Monday in a holiday week).

Market Data: Futures price data on Farmbucks is provided by DTN, CME Group, and ICE. Cash basis is from USDA AMS daily grain bid reports; positioning is from the CFTC's Commitments of Traders; the natural gas outlook and storage are from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. This data is for informational purposes only, may be subject to delays or inaccuracies, and is not trading advice. Please consult official sources or your broker for trading decisions.