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Sugar No. 11

Managed money are net long 261,841 contracts, 17.3% of open interest. That is the 100th percentile of its three-year range. The net position changed +4.5K contracts over the latest week.

Positions as of13 Oct 2026Updated 17 Oct 2026
RangeLong end of 3-year rangeNet long position
3Y historical percentile100thAmong its last 156 weekly readings
Net / open interest17.3%Managed money, net long
1-week flow+4.5K4-week flow +25.6K
Positioning historySugar No. 11: managed money net position.Net contracts · Above zero: net long · Below zero: net short
2026-10-13Net long 261,841
Net short 248,2960 · no net positionNet long 261,841
2023-10-24Source: U.S. CFTC2026-10-13
ParticipantNet contractsRelative size
Managed money+261.8K
Non-reportables+60.9K
Other reportables+30.5K
Producers / merchants−414.8K
Swap dealers+61.6K

CFTC participant categories vary by report family. The primary positioning series uses managed money for physical commodities and leveraged funds for financial futures.

Curve contextThe futures curve is indexed to the front contract.backwardation · Front contract = 100
100.092.685.2
Mar 2027Normalized term structureOct 2028
Positioning bucketN4W positive8W positive12W positiveAvg 12W
z ≥ 2.0 (extreme long)3855.3%79.4%87.5%-12.56%
1.5 ≤ z < 2.04351.2%30.2%34.9%+3.24%
1.0 ≤ z < 1.59450.0%35.1%39.8%+4.30%
neutral (−1.0 < z < 1.0)37151.2%48.8%47.6%+0.26%
−1.5 < z ≤ −1.012241.0%45.1%32.8%-1.17%
−2.0 < z ≤ −1.59446.8%46.8%42.6%-0.24%
z ≤ −2.0 (extreme short)5952.5%52.5%54.2%-0.80%

Overlapping historical observations. Periods and sample sizes are shown so the comparison can be read in context.