COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in 5-year Treasury futures: UST 5Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: 5-year Treasury notes COT reports (CFTC)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), short positions held by non-reporting traders in 5-year Treasury futures of the kind "UST 5Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 385,005 contracts on 13 October 2026, versus 397,700 on 6 October.
Sample. The weekly series plotted above has a total of 719 records. The series covers the time period stretching from January 2013 to October 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions were equal on average to 352,652 contracts; they hit a trough of 206,455 contracts on 8 April 2025; they hit a maximum of 606,036 contracts on 23 November 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | 376,539 |
| 2026-10-06 | 397,700 |
| 2026-10-13 | 385,005 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-reporting traders in futures on 5-year Treasury notes |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of contracts |
| Source | Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain information |
| Other information | Specific future: "UST 5Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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