Storage Signal

Latest trades
Dec → Jan
Inverted · −0.1143

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
HOZ26 Dec 2026 OI 58,039 $4.3343 / gal +0.0026 +0.06%
HOF27 Jan 2027 OI 53,009 $4.2200 / gal -0.0039 -0.09%
HOG27 Feb 2027 OI 24,428 $4.1312 / gal -0.0072 -0.17%
HOH27 Mar 2027 OI 24,175 $4.0251 / gal -0.0164 -0.41%
HOJ27 Apr 2027 OI 11,661 $3.9122 / gal -0.0187 -0.48%
HOK27 May 2027 OI 10,431 $3.8158 / gal -0.0155 -0.40%
HOM27 Jun 2027 OI 24,188 $3.7198 / gal -0.0185 -0.49%
HON27 Jul 2027 OI 6,231 $3.6761 / gal +0.0246 +0.67%
HOQ27 Aug 2027 OI 4,767 $3.6207 / gal +0.0273 +0.76%
HOU27 Sep 2027 OI 5,165 $3.5703 / gal +0.0294 +0.83%
HOV27 Oct 2027 OI 3,287 $3.5205 / gal +0.0314 +0.90%
HOX27 Nov 2027 OI 3,077 $3.4592 / gal +0.0331 +0.97%
HOZ27 Dec 2027 OI 13,068 $3.3675 / gal -0.0152 -0.45%
HOF28 Jan 2028 OI 2,271 $3.3039 / gal +0.0345 +1.06%
HOG28 Feb 2028 OI 516 $3.2300 / gal +0.0335 +1.05%
HOH28 Mar 2028 OI 748 $3.1604 / gal +0.0319 +1.02%
HOJ28 Apr 2028 OI 267 $3.0757 / gal +0.0278 +0.91%
HOK28 May 2028 OI 164 $3.0102 / gal +0.0268 +0.90%
HOM28 Jun 2028 OI 1,013 $2.9366 / gal +0.0173 +0.59%
HON28 Jul 2028 OI 113 $2.8865 / gal +0.0111 +0.39%

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

Commitments of Traders

Tuesday, Nov 3
Managed moneySold 1.5K on the week · net long for 41 weeks
+7.1K
Producers and merchantsLong 52.5K · short 126K · net +3.9K on the week
−74.0K
Open interest Down 6.8K on the week · 173 traders
252K

CFTC Commitments of Traders (disaggregated), NYMEX ULSD 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 42,000 gallons.

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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.