COT reports: Short positions held by non-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 non-reporting traders in 25+-year Treasury futures of the kind "ULTRA UST BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE" were 190,024 contracts on 3 February 2026, compared to 181,686 on 27 January.
Sample. This weekly time series has 681 records. The period covered by the series is from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Have a look at some simple statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions had an average value of 114,776 contracts; they reached their lowest level of 53,306 contracts on 14 May 2013; they recorded their highest level of 304,865 contracts on 26 November 2024.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 181,486 |
| 2026-01-27 | 181,686 |
| 2026-02-03 | 190,024 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-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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