According to the CFTC Commitments of Traders report for the week ended September 1, NET LENGTH for crude oil futures declined further, by -9 784 contracts to, 490 915 for the week. Speculative long position fell -6 429 contracts, but shorts rose +3 355 contracts. NET Length is expected to shrink further with selloff of crude oil oil over the past week. Losing over -6% last week, the front-month WTI and Brent contracts had their worst decline since mid-June. For refined oil products, NET LENGTH for gasoline increased +1 349 contracts to 72 423, while NET LENGTH for heating oil futures declined -4 765 contracts to 10 540. NET LENGTH in Natural Gas futures more than doubled, jumping +18 048 contracts, to 31 686 for the week.