LUMBER COT report
LUMBER - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE positioning from the CFTC Legacy report. Net positions equal long contracts minus short contracts. Commercial, non-commercial and non-reportable classifications describe participants; they are not buy or sell signals.
Positions as of 2026-10-27. Open interest: 9822 contracts. This is the latest stored observation, not live trading data.
How are traders positioned?
| Category | Long | Short | Net contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-commercial | 2238 | 8102 | -5864 |
| Commercial | 6319 | 886 | 5433 |
| Non-reportable | 1165 | 734 | 431 |
Non-commercial percentile: 4 across 103 stored observations. This is the share of sampled net positions at or below the latest value, not a price forecast.
Position history in contracts
| Observation date | Non-commercial net |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | -5864 |
| 2026-10-20 | -5510 |
| 2026-10-13 | -5761 |
| 2026-10-06 | -5865 |
| 2026-09-29 | -5437 |
| 2026-09-22 | -5215 |
| 2026-09-15 | -5133 |
| 2026-09-08 | -5654 |
| 2026-09-01 | -5661 |
| 2026-08-25 | -5078 |
| 2026-08-18 | -4736 |
| 2026-08-11 | -3913 |
| 2026-08-04 | -868 |
| 2026-07-28 | 2255 |
| 2026-07-21 | 1554 |
| 2026-07-14 | 1235 |
| 2026-07-07 | 606 |
| 2026-06-30 | 586 |
| 2026-06-23 | 1358 |
| 2026-06-16 | 329 |
| 2026-06-09 | -2780 |
| 2026-06-02 | -4647 |
| 2026-05-26 | -4639 |
| 2026-05-19 | -4697 |
| 2026-05-12 | -5079 |
| 2026-05-05 | -5266 |
| 2026-04-28 | -5627 |
| 2026-04-21 | -5254 |
| 2026-04-14 | -5291 |
| 2026-04-07 | -4834 |
| 2026-03-31 | -4014 |
| 2026-03-24 | -4683 |
| 2026-03-17 | -5212 |
| 2026-03-10 | -5876 |
| 2026-03-03 | -5885 |
| 2026-02-24 | -4415 |
| 2026-02-17 | -3008 |
| 2026-02-10 | -2871 |
| 2026-02-03 | -2763 |
| 2026-01-27 | -2553 |
| 2026-01-20 | -3161 |
| 2026-01-13 | -5255 |
| 2026-01-06 | -4942 |
| 2025-12-30 | -4380 |
| 2025-12-23 | -4327 |
| 2025-12-16 | -4606 |
| 2025-12-09 | -5043 |
| 2025-12-02 | -4963 |
| 2025-11-25 | -4773 |
| 2025-11-18 | -4287 |
| 2025-11-10 | -4006 |
| 2025-11-04 | -3684 |
| 2025-10-28 | -2743 |
| 2025-10-21 | -1783 |
| 2025-10-14 | -2746 |
| 2025-10-07 | -2931 |
| 2025-09-30 | -3415 |
| 2025-09-23 | -3310 |
| 2025-09-16 | -2936 |
| 2025-09-09 | -2452 |
| 2025-09-02 | -2023 |
| 2025-08-26 | -1212 |
| 2025-08-19 | -417 |
| 2025-08-12 | 1999 |
| 2025-08-05 | 4020 |
| 2025-07-29 | 2933 |
| 2025-07-22 | 2714 |
| 2025-07-15 | 2122 |
| 2025-07-08 | 1855 |
| 2025-07-01 | 1610 |
| 2025-06-24 | 831 |
| 2025-06-17 | 395 |
| 2025-06-10 | -1434 |
| 2025-06-03 | -2059 |
| 2025-05-27 | -2114 |
| 2025-05-20 | -2279 |
| 2025-05-13 | -2708 |
| 2025-05-06 | -1939 |
| 2025-04-29 | -1358 |
| 2025-04-22 | -859 |
| 2025-04-15 | -691 |
| 2025-04-08 | 234 |
| 2025-04-01 | 2284 |
| 2025-03-25 | 2259 |
| 2025-03-18 | 2103 |
| 2025-03-11 | 1831 |
| 2025-03-04 | 1788 |
| 2025-02-25 | 172 |
| 2025-02-18 | -438 |
| 2025-02-11 | -1862 |
| 2025-02-04 | -2464 |
| 2025-01-28 | -3499 |
| 2025-01-21 | -2028 |
| 2025-01-14 | -2013 |
| 2025-01-07 | -3179 |
| 2024-12-31 | -2052 |
| 2024-12-24 | -1644 |
| 2024-12-17 | -1485 |
| 2024-12-10 | 1204 |
| 2024-12-03 | 2669 |
| 2024-11-26 | 2444 |
| 2024-11-19 | 2693 |
| 2024-11-12 | 1846 |
Historical AI commentary — 2026-07-07
This commentary is dated separately from the positioning table. It may describe an earlier market environment.
Lumber positioning shows a sharp reversal from extreme commercial long to a modest net short position, with hedgers declining from heavy longs and speculators remaining slightly net short. The key divergence is between the broad speculator group at a high 83.3rd percentile and the core speculator at a low 32.1st percentile, indicating a mixed and transitional regime. The immediate implication i...
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