COT reports: Short positions held by dealers in 25+-year Treasury futures: ULTRA UST BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Long-term 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 dealers in 25+-year Treasury futures of the kind "ULTRA UST BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 361,133 contracts on 17 February 2026, versus 360,076 on 10 February.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 683 data points. The series covers the time span stretching from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Have a look at a few summary statistics computed on the whole sample: positions reached their lowest level of 30,251 contracts on 30 November 2021; they reached their maximum of 364,561 on 27 January 2026; they averaged 114,663.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 357386.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 360076.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 361133.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by dealers in futures on 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: ULTRA UST BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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