COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders 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 other reporting traders in S&P 500 index futures of the kind "E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 87,217 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 78,647 on 22 September.
Sample. This weekly series has 717 records overall. The period covered by the series is from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics computed on the entire sample: positions recorded a bottom of 32,694 contracts on 31 March 2026; they peaked at 436,790 on 25 August 2020; they averaged 210,811.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 62461.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 78647.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 87217.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by other reporting traders 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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