COT reports: Long positions held by dealers in S&P 500 index futures: E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: S&P 500 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), long positions held by dealers in S&P 500 index futures of the kind "E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 178,591 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 168,132 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 717 data points overall in the weekly series shown in the graph above. The series covers the time span extending from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few summary statistics computed on the full sample: positions hit a trough of 94,777 contracts on 23 July 2013; they hit a maximum of 637,896 on 15 September 2015; they were equal on average to 253,758.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 220012.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 168132.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 178591.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by dealers in S&P 500 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: "E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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