COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers in Nasdaq-100 index futures: NASDAQ MINI - 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 asset managers in Nasdaq-100 index futures of the kind "NASDAQ MINI - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 38,814 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 34,020 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. In the weekly time series shown in the plot, there are a total of 717 records. The time range covered by the series stretches from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few summary statistics computed on the full sample: positions had an average value of 39,036 contracts; they hit a trough of 15,948 on 28 November 2023; they recorded their highest level of 85,018 on 20 November 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 38,388.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 34,020.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 38,814.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by asset managers 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: "NASDAQ MINI - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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