Rapeseed (Euronext) Positioning

Rapeseed (Euronext) positioning comes from the weekly MiFID II Article 58 position report that the trading venue files and ESMA republishes in its register, which splits open interest into investment funds, investment firms and credit institutions, other financial institutions, commercial undertakings and operators with compliance obligations. It shows who holds the open interest each week and which way they lean, the EU counterpart of the CFTC's Commitments of Traders report.

What drives Rapeseed (Euronext) positioning

Rapeseed is crushed into oil and meal, so positioning follows crush margins and both product markets. Rapeseed oil feeds the biodiesel market, which gives the contract an energy link and makes crude oil moves part of the story. Soybean and canola markets compete for the same oil and protein demand, so moves there spill over into Euronext prices. Commercial undertakings are farmers, crushers and traders, while investment funds trade the oilseed complex and its link to energy.

How to read Rapeseed (Euronext) positioning

Read Rapeseed (Euronext) positioning against its own history: where the investment-fund net sits in its 52-week and 3-year range, and whether commercial hedgers lean the other way. When an extreme appears, check whether energy prices or the soybean complex moved at the same time, since rapeseed can follow both.

This is the rapeseed future on Euronext, physically delivered by barge at designated ports on the Moselle and on German and Belgian waterways. Read it with Milling Wheat (Euronext) and Corn (Euronext) for a view across the European arable complex.

COTInsight scores Rapeseed (Euronext) every week on the layers that do not need a price: the 52-week z-score, the 3-year COT Index, the regime classifier, momentum and streak, the open-interest trend, concentration, and the positioning cycle. There is no price series for this contract, so no divergence flag and no outcome statistics.

ESMA, MiFID II Article 58 weekly position reports, available free of charge at registers.esma.europa.eu. COTInsight regroups ESMA's position categories into its own columns and calculates its own statistics from them; ESMA does not endorse COTInsight.

Rapeseed (Euronext) positioning FAQ

Which report covers Rapeseed (Euronext)?

Rapeseed (Euronext) positioning comes from the weekly MiFID II Article 58 position report that the trading venue files and ESMA republishes in its register, which splits open interest into investment funds, investment firms and credit institutions, other financial institutions, commercial undertakings and operators with compliance obligations. COTInsight maps investment funds to the speculative side and commercial undertakings plus operators with compliance obligations to the hedging side.

How often is Rapeseed (Euronext) positioning updated?

Each venue reports positions as of the end of every week. COTInsight checks ESMA's register every week and shows the date of the latest report beside the reading.

Why are there no price statistics for Rapeseed (Euronext)?

COTInsight has no price series for Rapeseed (Euronext), so the page carries no divergence flag and no outcome statistics. The positioning layers do not need a price.

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