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Swap Dealers Anticipated to Reduce Longs and Increase Short Length

Money managers are set to adopt a risk-on posture across commodities, extending long positions while reducing short exposures next week.
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16 July 2026

Funds Risk-On Across Crude & Products

Brent rebounded on renewed Iran tensions. We expect funds to add longs across crude/products, while producers stay more defensive.
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9 July 2026

Funds Bullish Cracks

Managed by money net position forecast to drop in Brent and increase in ICE gasoil and RBOB
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2 July 2026

Funds Bullish in Crude and Products

Funds slash buy-side risk in crude but add to it in products
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25 June 2026

Funds Bullish in Crude and Products

Money managers likely cut shorts and add longs in Brent, ICE gasoil, RBOB. Producers mixed: add longs/shorts in Brent, de-risk RBOB.
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18 June 2026

Funds Bullish in Crude and Products

Brent swung from $99 to sub-$90 before closing at $91.80; funds likely added bullish energy product positioning.
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11 June 2026

Longs remain risk-on in RBOB

We still expect producers/merchants to be risk-off in US gasoline futures, though other reportable players are expected to be bearish...
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4 June 2026

Bullish Exodus Across Oil Futures

Bulls expected to trim positions across Brent, ICE gasoil, and RBOB futures in week ending 26 May; Brent shorts to rise 8th week in a row
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28 May 2026

Anticipated fund selling in Brent

Flux Insights' ICE COT predictor anticipates a removal of net long managed-by-money positioning in Brent futures....
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21 May 2026

Funds Bullish Products

Brent sentiment turns bullish as geopolitics worsen; funds buy gasoil/RBOB while producers show mixed positioning.
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14 May 2026

Bullish spec changes across the board (2)

We anticipate money managers to add longs to ICE Brent futures in the week ending 05 May...
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7 May 2026

Bullish spec changes across the board

In line with this support, we anticipate money managers to add over 10.6mb to their Brent long positions in the week ending 28 Apr...
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30 April 2026

Bulls exit Brent longs

We anticipate ICE COT data for the week ending 21 Apr to show managed-by-money players liquidating nearly 6.8mb from their long positions...
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23 April 2026