COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders 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 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 15- to 25-year Treasury futures of the kind "UST BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 162,920 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 163,279 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 717 data points in the weekly series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the time period stretching from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at some descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: positions recorded a bottom of 102,972 contracts on 28 March 2023; they recorded their highest level of 235,794 on 25 May 2021; they were equal on average to 155,481.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 164625.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 163279.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 162920.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-reporting traders 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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