Week 41, 2026
Corn leads selling as sugar adds new longs
Report date: Tue 13th Oct 26
Released: Fri 16th Oct 26
Legacy Futures Only Report
Good Morning. This is your weekly COT Digest. Speculators liquidated longs and added shorts in corn in size this week. Sugar bought, but that was the smaller side of the tape.
Top Buyers This Week
Sugar
The book is a crowded long versus the prior 52 weeks. New longs while still net long, +1.63% of the book. This is a second week of new longs. Spot did not continue the buying from the report date close to the release close; it moved the other way, -1.2%.
| Commodity | Contracts | Long | Short | Net Long | 52w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sugar
Spot -1.2% from the report date close (Tue 13 Oct) to the release close (Fri 16 Oct) |
1.74%
(610,214)
|
3.03%
|
1.38%
|
1.63%
|
100th |
Top Sellers This Week
Corn
The heaviest selling of the week: long liquidation and new shorts while still net long, -13.24% of the book. This is a second week of long liquidation and new shorts. Spot continued the selling from the report date close to the release close, -1.8%.
Brent Crude
This marks a flip from short covering last week. The book is a crowded short versus the prior 52 weeks. Long liquidation and new shorts, -6.31% of the book. Spot did not continue the selling from the report date close to the release close; it moved the other way, +3.7%.
Coffee
This marks a flip from new longs and short covering last week. Long liquidation and new shorts while still net long, -3.47% of the book. Spot did not continue the selling from the report date close to the release close; it moved the other way, +4.4%.
Cotton
New shorts while still net long, -1.28% of the book.
Silver
New shorts while still net long, -1.18% of the book.
| Commodity | Contracts | Long | Short | Net Short | 52w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Corn
Spot -1.8% from the report date close (Tue 13 Oct) to the release close (Fri 16 Oct) |
-0.79%
(665,347)
|
-12.01%
|
18.77%
|
-13.24%
|
83rd |
|
Brent Crude
Spot +3.7% from the report date close (Tue 13 Oct) to the release close (Fri 16 Oct) |
-0.77%
(113,074)
|
-7.32%
|
5.76%
|
-6.31%
|
2nd |
|
Coffee
Spot +4.4% from the report date close (Tue 13 Oct) to the release close (Fri 16 Oct) |
0.5%
(77,664)
|
-2.34%
|
5.2%
|
-3.47%
|
19th |
|
Cotton
Spot -0.4% from the report date close (Tue 13 Oct) to the release close (Fri 16 Oct) |
3.51%
(162,729)
|
0.14%
|
6.96%
|
-1.28%
|
88th |
|
Silver
Spot -4.0% from the report date close (Tue 13 Oct) to the release close (Fri 16 Oct) |
3.14%
(46,157)
|
2.22%
|
12.08%
|
-1.18%
|
38th |
|
Gold
Spot +0.3% from the report date close (Tue 13 Oct) to the latest price when the report was released (Fri 16 Oct) |
0.06%
(282,721)
|
-0.04%
|
6.71%
|
-0.88%
|
75th |
|
Soybeans
Spot -1.8% from the report date close (Tue 13 Oct) to the release close (Fri 16 Oct) |
-4.38%
(441,433)
|
-1.3%
|
-2.19%
|
-0.62%
|
92nd |
|
Copper
Spot -1.7% from the report date close (Tue 13 Oct) to the release close (Fri 16 Oct) |
3.22%
(146,598)
|
-1.16%
|
-0.88%
|
-0.62%
|
44th |
|
Wheat
Spot -1.4% from the report date close (Tue 13 Oct) to the release close (Fri 16 Oct) |
1.93%
(266,918)
|
0.39%
|
1.46%
|
-0.59%
|
63rd |
Other Notable Moves
Gold saw long liquidation and new shorts while spot moved the other way, +0.3%.
Soybeans posted long liquidation and spot continued the selling, -1.8%.
Copper posted long liquidation and spot continued the selling, -1.7%.
Wheat posted new shorts and spot continued the selling, -1.4%.
Quick Read
Corn posted the week's largest move with long liquidation and new shorts while still net long.
Brent Crude added new shorts into a crowded short versus the prior 52 weeks.
Spot moved against the flows in sugar, Brent Crude, and coffee.
Disclaimer: COT data reflects positioning and sentiment, not trade timing or price predictions.
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