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 Tresasury 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 376,539 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 369,184 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 717 observations overall in the weekly series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the time period extending from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at a few summary statistics computed on the full sample: positions had an average value of 352,544 contracts; they peaked at 606,036 on 23 November 2021; they hit a minimum of 206,455 on 8 April 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 380376.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 369184.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 376539.0 |
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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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