Signal · Commodities & Input Costs
CFTC COT Henry Hub natural gas (NYMEX) open interest: 1,710,685 contracts (2026-10-20) -1.8%
What the source reported
Source-reportedCFTC COT Henry Hub natural gas (NYMEX) open interest: 1,710,685 contracts for 2026-10-20. Previous (2026-10-13): 1,741,163 contracts, change -1.8%. Geography: United States. Non-commercial long 264475, short 505747, spreading 767402 (weekly change: long -12853, short -5159). Commercial long 619833, short 396864 (weekly change: long 9292, short 5161). Market as named by CFTC: NAT GAS NYME - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE. Positions as of Tuesday 2026-10-20 (CFTC Legacy futures-only report).
- Publication
- CFTC Commitments of Traders - Legacy Futures Only (Socrata API) · Government/Regulator
- Published
- 20th October 2026
- Original report
- cftc.gov
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What ProcIntel recorded
ProcIntel-derived- Category
- Commodities & Input Costs
- Geography
- United States
- Organisations
- None identified
- Collected
- 23rd October 2026 · 23:05
Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.
A provisional, automatically computed reading of this individual Signal, before Event extraction or human review. Not a final rating.
Initial Significance Moderate (22.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (51.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).
- Strongest contributor
- Procurement Impact
- Limiting factor
- Likely Event Severity