COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers in 15- to 25-year Treasury futures: UST BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Long-term 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 asset managers in 15- to 25-year Treasury futures of the kind "UST BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 681,242 contracts on 13 October 2026, compared to 690,895 on 6 October 2026.
Sample. There are 719 records overall in the weekly series shown in the plot above. The series covers the time range stretching from January 2013 to October 2026.
History. Take a look at some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: positions had a mean of 277,806 contracts; they recorded a bottom of 67,354 contracts on 10 March 2015; they reached a maximum of 712,143 contracts on 28 October 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | 674,595 |
| 2026-10-06 | 690,895 |
| 2026-10-13 | 681,242 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by asset managers in futures on 15-25-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 BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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