COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in 25+-year Treasury futures: ULTRA UST BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Long-term 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 25+-year Treasury futures of the kind "ULTRA UST BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" stood at 1,998,387 contracts on 3 February 2026, compared to 1,983,553 on 27 January.
Sample. There are 681 records overall in the weekly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time range going from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Here are some simple statistics we computed on the full sample: positions peaked at 2,145,759 contracts on 25 November 2025; they reached their minimum of 295,434 contracts on 8 January 2013; they were equal on average to 961,146 contracts.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 1,969,071 |
| 2026-01-27 | 1,983,553 |
| 2026-02-03 | 1,998,387 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by all reporting traders in futures on 25+-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 BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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