COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in Nasdaq-100 index futures: NASDAQ MINI - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Nasdaq-100 index futures 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 all reporting traders in Nasdaq-100 index futures of the kind "NASDAQ MINI - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 240,900 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 255,324 on 22 September.
Sample. There are 717 data points in the weekly series presented in the chart above. The series covers the time range going from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions reached their lowest level of 143,238 contracts on 14 April 2020; they recorded their highest level of 522,843 on 18 March 2014; they were equal on average to 245,864.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 291533.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 255324.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 240900.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by all reporting traders in Nasdaq-100 index futures |
| 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: "NASDAQ MINI - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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