COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers 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), short positions held by asset managers in S&P 500 index futures of the kind "E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 200,431 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 184,200 on 22 September.
Sample. In the weekly series shown in the chart, there are 717 data points. The series covers the period extending from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here are some statistics calculated on the full sample: positions recorded a bottom of 149,049 contracts on 24 September 2024; they recorded their maximum of 1,099,884 on 24 March 2020; they had a mean value of 532,823.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 237391.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 184200.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 200431.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by asset managers 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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