SOYBEAN OIL COT report

SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE 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: 573736 contracts. This is the latest stored observation, not live trading data.

How are traders positioned?

Non-commercial percentile: 52 across 103 stored observations. This is the share of sampled net positions at or below the latest value, not a price forecast.

Historical AI commentary — 2026-07-07

This commentary is dated separately from the positioning table. It may describe an earlier market environment.

Soybean Oil futures show extreme positioning with Managed Money at the 100th percentile long and Producer/Merchant hedgers at the 0th percentile short. This extreme crowding has been unwinding over the past two weeks, suggesting a potential reduction in bullish momentum rather than an immediate trend reversal. The key takeaway is that while the setup is historically stretched, the recent declin...

How should this COT report be used?

Use positioning to understand exposure and crowded trades alongside price, liquidity and risk controls. Weekly reports generally describe Tuesday positions released on Friday, subject to the CFTC schedule. Classifications differ in TFF and Disaggregated reports. Compare like-for-like formats and dates.

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