Week 32, 2026
Sugar leads buying as grains see selling
Report date: Tue 11th Aug 26
Released: Fri 14th Aug 26
Legacy Futures Only Report
Good Morning. This is your weekly COT Digest. Speculators added to Sugar in size this week. Grains saw selling, but that was the smaller side of the tape.
Top Buyers This Week
Sugar
The heaviest buying of the week: new longs and short covering while net long, +15.34% of the book. The book is a crowded long versus the prior 52 weeks. Spot did not continue the buying from the report date close to the release close; it moved the other way, -0.8%.
Gold
New longs while net long, +7.92% of the book. The book is a crowded long versus the prior 52 weeks. Spot did not continue the buying from the report date close to the release close; it moved the other way, -0.4%.
Cotton
New longs while net long, +3.99% of the book. The book is a crowded long versus the prior 52 weeks. Spot continued the buying from the report date close to the release close, +0.6%.
Coffee
New longs and short covering while net long, +2.96% of the book.
Silver
New longs while net long, +2.7% of the book.
| Commodity | Contracts | Long | Short | Net Long | 52w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sugar
Spot -0.8% from the report date close (Tue 11 Aug) to the release close (Fri 14 Aug) |
5.62%
(607,373)
|
14.04%
|
-16.37%
|
15.34%
|
100th |
|
Gold
Spot -0.4% from the report date close (Tue 11 Aug) to the release close (Fri 14 Aug) |
7.74%
(283,932)
|
10.54%
|
12.31%
|
7.92%
|
98th |
|
Cotton
Spot +0.6% from the report date close (Tue 11 Aug) to the release close (Fri 14 Aug) |
5.39%
(184,199)
|
6.93%
|
6.4%
|
3.99%
|
100th |
|
Coffee
Spot +0.7% from the report date close (Tue 11 Aug) to the release close (Fri 14 Aug) |
2.98%
(78,197)
|
2.01%
|
-4.81%
|
2.96%
|
52nd |
|
Silver
Spot +0.3% from the report date close (Tue 11 Aug) to the release close (Fri 14 Aug) |
2.79%
(54,904)
|
7.74%
|
10.27%
|
2.7%
|
8th |
|
Copper
Spot -0.2% from the report date close (Tue 11 Aug) to the release close (Fri 14 Aug) |
2.64%
(148,536)
|
0.14%
|
-8.36%
|
2.16%
|
94th |
Top Sellers This Week
Soybeans
Long liquidation and new shorts while net long, -4.73% of the book. Spot did not continue the selling from the report date close to the release close; it moved the other way, +2.3%.
Wheat
Long liquidation and new shorts while net short, -4.08% of the book. Spot did not continue the selling from the report date close to the release close; it moved the other way, +7.1%.
Crude Oil WTI
New shorts while net long, -2.62% of the book. Spot continued the selling from the report date close to the release close, -1.0%.
Corn
New shorts while net long, -1.44% of the book.
| Commodity | Contracts | Long | Short | Net Short | 52w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Soybeans
Spot +2.3% from the report date close (Tue 11 Aug) to the release close (Fri 14 Aug) |
-0.76%
(345,225)
|
-0.01%
|
20.19%
|
-4.73%
|
46th |
|
Wheat
Spot +7.1% from the report date close (Tue 11 Aug) to the release close (Fri 14 Aug) |
1.98%
(254,868)
|
-1.82%
|
6.08%
|
-4.08%
|
67th |
|
Crude Oil WTI
Spot -1.0% from the report date close (Tue 11 Aug) to the release close (Fri 14 Aug) |
0.3%
(530,496)
|
1.94%
|
9.8%
|
-2.62%
|
38th |
|
Corn
Spot +5.1% from the report date close (Tue 11 Aug) to the release close (Fri 14 Aug) |
-4.45%
(727,632)
|
1.13%
|
6.9%
|
-1.44%
|
73rd |
Other Notable Moves
Copper saw new longs and short covering while net long, +2.16% of the book. Spot did not continue the buying from the report date close to the release close; it moved the other way, -0.2%.
Quick Read
Sugar posted the largest position shift with new longs and short covering into a crowded long versus the prior 52 weeks.
Soybeans and wheat both saw long liquidation and new shorts.
WTI continued the selling from the report date close to the release close while spot moved lower.
Disclaimer: COT data reflects positioning and sentiment, not trade timing or price predictions.
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