CFTC Bank Participation and Large Trader Reports

The CFTC publishes monthly Bank Participation reports and other aggregate large trader reports that complement the weekly COT data. These reports are released as PDFs and HTML tables on cftc.gov.

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aid: commodity-futures-trading-commission:cftc-large-trader-reporting
name: CFTC Bank Participation and Large Trader Reports
description: The CFTC publishes monthly Bank Participation reports and other aggregate large trader reports
  that complement the weekly COT data. These reports are released as PDFs and HTML tables on cftc.gov.
humanURL: https://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/BankParticipationReports/index.htm
baseURL: https://www.cftc.gov
tags:
- Bank Participation
- Large Trader
- Reporting
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/BankParticipationReports/index.htm
- type: Reference
  url: https://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/index.htm
x-features:
- Monthly bank participation in futures markets
- Industry-level breakdowns of large trader positions
- Released as HTML and PDF; not currently exposed via SODA
x-useCases:
- Track bank participation in major futures markets
- Research banks' net exposure across commodity sectors