COT reports: Short positions held by leveraged money 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 leveraged money managers in Nasdaq-100 index futures of the kind "NASDAQ MINI - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 72,873 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 84,716 on 22 September.
Sample. There are 717 records in the weekly series shown in the plot above. The series covers the time span stretching from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics computed on the whole sample: positions had a mean value of 69,321 contracts; they reached their minimum of 20,838 on 19 November 2013; they recorded their maximum of 135,430 on 4 August 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 59,067.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 84,716.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 72,873.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by leveraged money 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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