# WTI Crude Oil CFTC Positioning Data

> WTI Crude Oil CFTC Positioning Data is a paid API for AI agents from www.x402pulse.dev, paid per call via x402, $0.035/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-12).

Returns CFTC Commitments of Traders positioning data for WTI crude oil, including managed money long/short/net contracts, weekly changes, long/short ratio, 3-year percentile extremity, plus producer, swap dealer, and open interest figures.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://www.x402pulse.dev/v1/oil/positioning?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.035/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-12
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/wti-crude-oil-cftc-positioning-data-a2df00f8
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_33o1JB-qtgtyqfwFRmtaK

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability wti-crude-oil-cftc-positioning-data-a2df00f8
```

Example prompt: What's the latest CFTC positioning data for WTI crude oil — show me where hedge funds are net long or short, what the long/short ratio is, and how extreme the position is compared to the last three years.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need structured, pre-processed CFTC COT positioning data for WTI crude oil without scraping or parsing raw CFTC files. It is ideal for agents tracking speculative sentiment, identifying crowded trades, or building oil market dashboards. Prefer it over raw CFTC downloads when you need computed metrics like the 3-year percentile and long/short ratio already calculated. For price data use the sibling WTI/Brent price endpoint; for inventory data use the EIA inventory endpoint.

## Known failure modes

- CFTC data not yet released for the current week (data lags by ~3 days after weekly release)
- Payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient for the $0.003 per-call fee
- Service downtime or upstream data source unavailability returning 5xx errors
- Rate limit exceeded if usage surpasses fair-use thresholds without a Pro pass

## How this service works

WTI crude oil positioning from the CFTC Commitments of Traders: managed money (hedge funds) long, short and net contracts, weekly change, long/short ratio, and how extreme the net position is vs. the last 3 years (percentile), plus producers, swap dealers and open interest. Data, not trading advice.

## Output

A JSON object containing CFTC COT data for WTI crude oil: managed money long, short, and net contract counts; week-over-week changes; long/short ratio; a percentile ranking of the net position vs. the past 3 years indicating how extreme current positioning is; producer positions; swap dealer positions; and total open interest.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "required": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "data": {
   "reportDate": "2026-09-29",
   "managedMoney": {
    "net": 79592,
    "long": 209028,
    "short": 129436,
    "reading": "within its usual 3-year range",
    "weeklyNetChange": -10059,
    "threeYearPercentile": 82
   }
  },
  "cached": false
 }
}
```

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