Commitments of Traders
Variable Names for New Format of Long COT Reports and Supplemental Reports
All fields from the old format of the long report are listed here. The new format contains all numeric fields and their descriptions from the old format in the order shown.
Fields are comma delimited for easy reading in a spreadsheet.
Field Descriptions for Futures Only and Futures and Options Combined |
Field Descriptions for Commodity Index Trader Supplement |
1 MARKET AND EXCHANGE NAMES 2 AS OF DATE IN FORM YYMMDD 3 AS OF DATE IN FORM YYYY-MM-DD 4 CFTC CONTRACT MARKET CODE 5 CFTC MARKET CODE IN INITIALS 6 CFTC REGION CODE 7 CFTC COMMODITY CODE 8 OPEN INTEREST (ALL) 9 NONCOMMERCIAL POSITIONS-LONG (ALL) 10 NONCOMMERCIAL POSITIONS-SHORT (ALL) 11 NONCOMMERCIAL POSITIONS-SPREADING (ALL) 12 COMMERCIAL POSITIONS-LONG (ALL) 13 COMMERCIAL POSITIONS-SHORT (ALL) 14 TOTAL REPORTABLE POSITIONS-LONG (ALL) 15 TOTAL REPORTABLE POSITIONS-SHORT (ALL) 16 NONREPORTABLE POSITIONS-LONG (ALL) 17 NONREPORTABLE POSITIONS-SHORT (ALL) 18 OPEN INTEREST (OLD) 19 NONCOMMERCIAL POSITIONS-LONG (OLD) 20 NONCOMMERCIAL POSITIONS-SHORT (OLD) 21 NONCOMMERCIAL POSITIONS-SPREADING (OLD) 22 COMMERCIAL POSITIONS-LONG (OLD) 23 COMMERCIAL POSITIONS-SHORT (OLD) 24 TOTAL REPORTABLE POSITIONS-LONG (OLD) 25 TOTAL REPORTABLE POSITIONS-SHORT (OLD) 26 NONREPORTABLE POSITIONS-LONG (OLD) 27 NONREPORTABLE POSITIONS-SHORT (OLD) 28 OPEN INTEREST (OTHER) 29 NONCOMMERCIAL POSITIONS-LONG (OTHER) 30 NONCOMMERCIAL POSITIONS-SHORT (OTHER) 31 NONCOMMERCIAL POSITIONS-SPREADING(OTHER) 32 COMMERCIAL POSITIONS-LONG (OTHER) 33 COMMERCIAL POSITIONS-SHORT (OTHER) 34 TOTAL REPORTABLE POSITIONS-LONG (OTHER) 35 TOTAL REPORTABLE POSITIONS-SHORT (OTHER) 36 NONREPORTABLE POSITIONS-LONG (OTHER) 37 NONREPORTABLE POSITIONS-SHORT (OTHER) 38 CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST (ALL) 39 CHANGE IN NONCOMMERCIAL-LONG (ALL) 40 CHANGE IN NONCOMMERCIAL-SHORT (ALL) 41 CHANGE IN NONCOMMERCIAL-SPREADING (ALL) 42 CHANGE IN COMMERCIAL-LONG (ALL) 43 CHANGE IN COMMERCIAL-SHORT (ALL) 44 CHANGE IN TOTAL REPORTABLE-LONG (ALL) 45 CHANGE IN TOTAL REPORTABLE-SHORT (ALL) 46 CHANGE IN NONREPORTABLE-LONG (ALL) 47 CHANGE IN NONREPORTABLE-SHORT (ALL) 48 % OF OPEN INTEREST (OI) (ALL) 49 % OF OI-NONCOMMERCIAL-LONG (ALL) 50 % OF OI-NONCOMMERCIAL-SHORT (ALL) 51 % OF OI-NONCOMMERCIAL-SPREADING (ALL) 52 % OF OI-COMMERCIAL-LONG (ALL) 53 % OF OI-COMMERCIAL-SHORT (ALL) 54 % OF OI-TOTAL REPORTABLE-LONG (ALL) 55 % OF OI-TOTAL REPORTABLE-SHORT (ALL) 56 % OF OI-NONREPORTABLE-LONG (ALL) 57 % OF OI-NONREPORTABLE-SHORT (ALL) 58 % OF OPEN INTEREST (OI) (OLD) 59 % OF OI-NONCOMMERCIAL-LONG (OLD) 60 % OF OI-NONCOMMERCIAL-SHORT (OLD) 61 % OF OI-NONCOMMERCIAL-SPREADING (OLD) 62 % OF OI-COMMERCIAL-LONG (OLD) 63 % OF OI-COMMERCIAL-SHORT (OLD) 64 % OF OI-TOTAL REPORTABLE-LONG (OLD) 65 % OF OI-TOTAL REPORTABLE-SHORT (OLD) 66 % OF OI-NONREPORTABLE-LONG (OLD) 67 % OF OI-NONREPORTABLE-SHORT (OLD) 68 % OF OPEN INTEREST (OI) (OTHER) 69 % OF OI-NONCOMMERCIAL-LONG (OTHER) 70 % OF OI-NONCOMMERCIAL-SHORT (OTHER) 71 % OF OI-NONCOMMERCIAL-SPREADING (OTHER) 72 % OF OI-COMMERCIAL-LONG (OTHER) 73 % OF OI-COMMERCIAL-SHORT (OTHER) 74 % OF OI-TOTAL REPORTABLE-LONG (OTHER) 75 % OF OI-TOTAL REPORTABLE-SHORT (OTHER) 76 % OF OI-NONREPORTABLE-LONG (OTHER) 77 % OF OI-NONREPORTABLE-SHORT (OTHER) 78 TRADERS-TOTAL (ALL) 79 TRADERS-NONCOMMERCIAL-LONG (ALL) 80 TRADERS-NONCOMMERCIAL-SHORT (ALL) 81 TRADERS-NONCOMMERCIAL-SPREADING (ALL) 82 TRADERS-COMMERCIAL-LONG (ALL) 83 TRADERS-COMMERCIAL-SHORT (ALL) 84 TRADERS-TOTAL REPORTABLE-LONG (ALL) 85 TRADERS-TOTAL REPORTABLE-SHORT (ALL) 86 TRADERS-TOTAL (OLD) 87 TRADERS-NONCOMMERCIAL-LONG (OLD) 88 TRADERS-NONCOMMERCIAL-SHORT (OLD) 89 TRADERS-NONCOMMERCIAL-SPREADING (OLD) 90 TRADERS-COMMERCIAL-LONG (OLD) 91 TRADERS-COMMERCIAL-SHORT (OLD) 92 TRADERS-TOTAL REPORTABLE-LONG (OLD) 93 TRADERS-TOTAL REPORTABLE-SHORT (OLD) 94 TRADERS-TOTAL (OTHER) 95 TRADERS-NONCOMMERCIAL-LONG (OTHER) 96 TRADERS-NONCOMMERCIAL-SHORT (OTHER) 97 TRADERS-NONCOMMERCIAL-SPREADING (OTHER) 98 TRADERS-COMMERCIAL-LONG (OTHER) 99 TRADERS-COMMERCIAL-SHORT (OTHER) 100 TRADERS-TOTAL REPORTABLE-LONG (OTHER) 101 TRADERS-TOTAL REPORTABLE-SHORT (OTHER) 102 CONCENTRATION-GROSS LT = 4 TDR-LONG (ALL) 103 CONCENTRATION-GROSS LT ="4" TDR-SHORT (ALL) 104 CONCENTRATION-GROSS LT ="8" TDR-LONG (ALL) 105 CONCENTRATION-GROSS LT ="8" TDR-SHORT (ALL) 106 CONCENTRATION-NET LT ="4" TDR-LONG (ALL) 107 CONCENTRATION-NET LT ="4" TDR-SHORT (ALL) 108 CONCENTRATION-NET LT ="8" TDR-LONG (ALL) 109 CONCENTRATION-NET LT ="8" TDR-SHORT (ALL) 110 CONCENTRATION-GROSS LT ="4" TDR-LONG (OLD) 111 CONCENTRATION-GROSS LT ="4" TDR-SHORT (OLD) 112 CONCENTRATION-GROSS LT ="8" TDR-LONG (OLD) 113 CONCENTRATION-GROSS LT ="8" TDR-SHORT (OLD) 114 CONCENTRATION-NET LT ="4" TDR-LONG (OLD) 115 CONCENTRATION-NET LT ="4" TDR-SHORT (OLD) 116 CONCENTRATION-NET LT ="8" TDR-LONG (OLD) 117 CONCENTRATION-NET LT ="8" TDR-SHORT (OLD) 118 CONCENTRATION-GROSS LT ="4" TDR-LONG (OTHER) 119 CONCENTRATION-GROSS LT ="4" TDR-SHORT(OTHER) 120 CONCENTRATION-GROSS LT ="8" TDR-LONG (OTHER) 121 CONCENTRATION-GROSS LT ="8" TDR-SHORT(OTHER) 122 CONCENTRATION-NET LT ="4" TDR-LONG (OTHER) 123 CONCENTRATION-NET LT ="4" TDR-SHORT (OTHER) 124 CONCENTRATION-NET LT ="8" TDR-LONG (OTHER) 125 CONCENTRATION-NET LT ="8" TDR-SHORT (OTHER) 126 CONTRACT UNITS 127 CFTC CONTRACT MARKET CODE (QUOTES) 128 CFTC MARKET CODE IN INITIALS (QUOTES) 129 CFTC COMMODITY CODE (QUOTES) |
1 Market_and_Exchange_Names 2 As_of_Date_In_Form_YYMMDD 3 As_of_Date_In_Form_MM/DD/YYYY 4 CFTC_Contract_Market_Code 5 CFTC_Market_Code 6 CFTC_Region_Code 7 CFTC_Commodity_Code 8 Open_Interest_All 9 NComm_Positions_Long_All_NoCIT 10 NComm_Positions_Short_All_NoCIT 11 NComm_Postions_Spread_All_NoCIT 12 Comm_Positions_Long_All_NoCIT 13 Comm_Positions_Short_All_NoCIT 14 Tot_Rept_Positions_Long_All 15 Tot_Rept_Positions_Short_All 16 NonRept_Positions_Long_All 17 NonRept_Positions_Short_All 18 CIT_Positions_Long_All 19 CIT_Positions_Short_All 20 Change_Open_Interest_All 21 Change_NonComm_Long_All_NoCIT 22 Change_NonComm_Short_All_NoCIT 23 Change_NonComm_Spead_All_NoCIT 24 Change_Comm_Long_All_NoCIT 25 Change_Comm_Short_All_NoCIT 26 Change_Tot_Rept_Long_All 27 Change_Tot_Rept_Short_All 28 Change_NonRept_Long_All 29 Change_NonRept_Short_All 30 Change_CIT_Long_All 31 Change_CIT_Short_All 32 Pct_Open_Interest_All 33 Pct_OI_NonComm_Long_All_NoCIT 34 Pct_OI_NonComm_Short_All_NoCIT 35 Pct_OI_NonComm_Spread_All_NoCIT 36 Pct_OI_Comm_Long_All_NoCIT 37 Pct_OI_Comm_Short_All_NoCIT 38 Pct_OI_Tot_Rept_Long_All_NoCIT 39 Pct_OI_Tot_Rept_Short_All_NoCIT 40 Pct_OI_NonRept_Long_All_NoCIT 41 Pct_OI_NonRept_Short_All_NoCIT 42 Pct_OI_CIT_Long_All 43 Pct_OI_CIT_Short_All 44 Traders_Tot_All 45 Traders_NonComm_Long_All_NoCIT 46 Traders_NonComm_Short_All_NoCIT 47 Traders_NonComm_Spread_All_NoCIT 48 Traders_Comm_Long_All_NoCIT 49 Traders_Comm_Short_All_NoCIT 50 Traders_Tot_Rept_Long_All_NoCIT 51 Traders_Tot_Rept_Short_All_NoCIT 52 Traders_CIT_Long_All 53 Traders_CIT_Short_All 54 Contract_Units |