COT reports: Short positions held by dealers 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 dealers in Nasdaq-100 index futures of the kind "MICRO E-MINI NASDAQ-100 INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 2,726 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 1,809 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 307 observations overall in the weekly series displayed in the plot above. The time range covered by the series goes from August 2020 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few summary statistics computed on the entire sample: positions were equal on average to 6,739 contracts; they peaked at 37,338 on 17 June 2025; they reached their minimum of 0 on 20 October 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 6,534.00 |
| 2026-09-22 | 1,809.00 |
| 2026-09-29 | 2,726.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by dealers 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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