COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in 10-year Treasury futures: ULTRA UST 10Y - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: 10-year Treasury 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 all reporting traders in 10-year Treasury futures of the kind "ULTRA UST 10Y - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 2,289,184 contracts on 3 February 2026, versus 2,290,819 on 27 January.
Sample. There are 516 data points overall in the weekly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time period extending from March 2016 to February 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions reached a minimum of 47,487 contracts on 12 April 2016; they reached their highest level of 2,401,519 contracts on 26 August 2025; they averaged 1,018,254 contracts.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 2,235,790 |
| 2026-01-27 | 2,290,819 |
| 2026-02-03 | 2,289,184 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by all reporting traders in futures on 10-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: "ULTRA UST 10Y - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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