Commitments of Traders positioning for 42 futures markets as reported by the CFTC for Tuesday February 17, 2026: Commercial, Non-Commercial and Non-Reportable positioning indexes on raw and OI-normalized bases, index momentum, WILLCO, sentiment and open-interest readings, with each model's setup verdict.
Raw 3-leg 95/5 full setups: Australian Dollar (bearish), Coffee (bullish). NPF 2-leg 80/20 full setups: Australian Dollar (bearish), Canadian Dollar (bearish), Russell (bearish), 30-Year Note (bearish), Copper (bearish), Coffee (bullish), Sugar (bullish).
| Positioning · Raw 3-leg 95/5 | Positioning · NPF 2-leg 80/20 | Index Momentum | Friction & Flow | Open Interest | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asset Class | Asset | Tape Bias | Signals | Comm Index | NonComm Index | NonRept Index | Comm Index | NonRept Index | Comm Move | NonComm Move | NonRept Move | WILLCO | NonComm Sentiment | OI Z | Max Pain Pull |
| Crypto | Bitcoin | Bearish | 1 | 95 | 52 | 0 | 57 | -64 | +55 | +3 | 0 | 100 | -1.45 | – | |
| Crypto | Ethereum | Bearish | 18 | 86 | 38 | 0 | 15 | -17 | +21 | -21 | 0 | 61 | +0.76 | – | |
| Currencies | Australian Dollar | Bearish | BEAR TOPMACRO BEAR SETUP4-YR SELL EXTREME | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 99 | -31 | +39 | +0 | 0 | 100 | +2.06 | – |
| Currencies | British Pound | Neutral | 40 | 54 | 73 | 51 | 70 | -15 | +11 | +16 | 51 | 64 | -0.09 | – | |
| Currencies | Canadian Dollar | Bearish | 0 | 100 | 90 | 0 | 88 | +0 | +0 | -10 | 0 | 100 | -0.76 | – | |
| Currencies | Euro | Bearish | BEAR TOP | 3 | 98 | 87 | 2 | 65 | +3 | -2 | +1 | 2 | 95 | +1.70 | – |
| Currencies | Japanese Yen | Neutral | MACD SELL | 62 | 38 | 47 | 62 | 44 | -33 | +30 | +23 | 62 | 60 | +0.49 | – |
| Currencies | Mexican Peso | Neutral | 21 | 77 | 85 | 28 | 75 | +15 | -15 | +3 | 27 | 0 | +1.26 | – | |
| Currencies | New Zealand | Neutral | 62 | 35 | 68 | 80 | 62 | -22 | +20 | +28 | 80 | 97 | -0.01 | – | |
| Currencies | Swiss Franc | Bullish | 56 | 16 | 81 | 48 | 83 | -36 | +0 | +15 | 48 | 27 | +1.13 | – | |
| Currencies | US Dollar | Bearish | LW MACO BULL | 57 | 46 | 29 | 55 | 29 | -10 | +12 | -7 | 55 | 100 | -1.38 | – |
| Energies | Crude Oil | Bearish | 41 | 52 | 100 | 46 | 100 | -52 | +43 | +64 | 46 | 100 | +1.82 | – | |
| Energies | Gasoline | Bearish | BEAR TOP | 12 | 82 | 97 | 34 | 86 | -29 | +22 | +49 | 34 | 69 | +1.93 | – |
| Energies | Heating Oil | Neutral | 32 | 70 | 61 | 33 | 56 | -9 | -6 | +43 | 33 | 10 | +0.63 | – | |
| Energies | Natural Gas | Bullish | 95 | 6 | 42 | 95 | 42 | +3 | +5 | -2 | 95 | 9 | +0.44 | – | |
| Equities | DOW | Neutral | 31 | 78 | 62 | 35 | 59 | +31 | -14 | -38 | 35 | 78 | -1.19 | – | |
| Equities | Nasdaq | Neutral | 81 | 25 | 20 | 70 | 21 | +47 | -16 | -80 | 70 | 25 | -0.68 | – | |
| Equities | Russell | Neutral | EXHAUSTION | 20 | 76 | 67 | 20 | 78 | +4 | -12 | +6 | 20 | 68 | -0.34 | – |
| Equities | S&P 500 | Neutral | 54 | 33 | 85 | 59 | 81 | +43 | -50 | -15 | 59 | 16 | -0.27 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 10-Year Note | Neutral | 74 | 32 | 47 | 57 | 45 | -1 | +5 | -16 | 57 | 22 | +1.74 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 2-Year Note | Bearish | 60 | 47 | 25 | 42 | 15 | -19 | +23 | -13 | 42 | 91 | +1.71 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 30-Year Note | Bearish | 2 | 79 | 81 | 0 | 84 | -19 | +6 | +18 | 0 | 90 | +0.17 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 5-Year Note | Bearish | 69 | 33 | 37 | 56 | 28 | -9 | +10 | -15 | 56 | 83 | +2.19 | – | |
| Grains | Corn | Neutral | 64 | 33 | 87 | 58 | 86 | +11 | -9 | +0 | 58 | 25 | +1.04 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean | Bearish | MACRO BEAR SETUP | 16 | 86 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -16 | +19 | -63 | 15 | 68 | +2.15 | – |
| Grains | Soybean Meal | Neutral | 30 | 69 | 72 | 27 | 100 | -26 | +19 | +70 | 27 | 48 | -1.07 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean Oil | Bearish | 24 | 76 | 73 | 28 | 67 | -70 | +70 | +68 | 28 | 99 | +1.81 | – | |
| Grains | Wheat | Neutral | 44 | 60 | 10 | 47 | 16 | -56 | +60 | -90 | 47 | 57 | -1.23 | – | |
| Live Stock | Feeder Cattle | Bearish | EXHAUSTION | 16 | 95 | 0 | 11 | 23 | -61 | +77 | -72 | 11 | 95 | +0.69 | – |
| Live Stock | Lean Hogs | Neutral | MACRO BEAR SETUP | 29 | 74 | 0 | 28 | 0 | -44 | +49 | -54 | 28 | 74 | +1.34 | – |
| Live Stock | Live Cattle | Bearish | STRUCTURAL BULL | 7 | 99 | 25 | 0 | 36 | -74 | +83 | -69 | 0 | 76 | +0.39 | – |
| Metals | Copper | Bearish | 9 | 88 | 89 | 13 | 90 | -4 | +8 | -11 | 13 | 67 | +1.61 | – | |
| Metals | Gold | Neutral | STRUCTURAL BEAR | 100 | 0 | 74 | 77 | 85 | +67 | -57 | -26 | 77 | 0 | -1.70 | – |
| Metals | Palladium | Bearish | 8 | 95 | 61 | 7 | 69 | +8 | -2 | -21 | 7 | 66 | +0.06 | – | |
| Metals | Platinum | Bullish | 100 | 2 | 32 | 97 | 73 | +38 | -34 | -31 | 97 | 2 | -1.61 | – | |
| Metals | Silver | Neutral | 99 | 3 | 31 | 78 | 72 | +4 | +3 | -68 | 78 | 5 | -2.38 | – | |
| Softs | Cocoa | Bullish | 93 | 6 | 79 | 88 | 83 | +61 | -60 | +4 | 88 | 5 | +0.87 | – | |
| Softs | Coffee | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | +32 | -35 | -17 | 100 | 0 | -1.94 | – | |
| Softs | Cotton | Bullish | 71 | 21 | 60 | 56 | 60 | +50 | -45 | -40 | 56 | 0 | +1.43 | – | |
| Softs | Lumber | Neutral | 78 | 21 | 46 | 82 | 46 | -19 | +18 | +11 | 82 | 83 | +0.51 | – | |
| Softs | Orange Juice | Bearish | 25 | 75 | 55 | 27 | 58 | +11 | +11 | -13 | 27 | 82 | -1.10 | – | |
| Softs | Sugar | Bullish | 4-YR BUY EXTREME | 100 | 0 | 17 | 100 | 16 | +9 | -10 | +4 | 100 | 0 | +3.23 | – |
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