COT reports: Short positions held by dealers 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 dealers in 10-year Treasury futures of the kind "ULTRA UST 10Y - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 226,846 contracts on 3 February 2026, versus 259,460 on 27 January 2026.
Sample. The weekly series shown in the graph has a total of 516 observations. The series covers the time range going from March 2016 to February 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions reached their minimum of 2,996 contracts on 7 June 2016; they recorded their highest level of 317,770 contracts on 29 April 2025; they were equal on average to 75,574 contracts.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 224,910 |
| 2026-01-27 | 259,460 |
| 2026-02-03 | 226,846 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by dealers 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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