COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in Nasdaq-100 index futures: MICRO E-MINI NASDAQ-100 INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Nasdaq-100 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 all reporting traders in Nasdaq-100 index futures of the kind "MICRO E-MINI NASDAQ-100 INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 103,123 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 77,348 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. The weekly time series shown in the chart has 307 observations overall. The series covers the span of time extending from August 2020 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at a few simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions averaged 83,763 contracts; they recorded a bottom of 5,148 on 29 June 2021; they recorded their highest level of 280,383 on 16 June 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 117,144 |
| 2026-09-22 | 77,348.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 103,123 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by all reporting traders in Nasdaq-100 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: "MICRO E-MINI NASDAQ-100 INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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