COT reports: Short positions held by non-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 non-reporting traders in Nasdaq-100 index futures of the kind "MICRO E-MINI NASDAQ-100 INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 30,841 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 42,636 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 307 data points in the weekly series presented in the graph above. The series covers the time period going from August 2020 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics computed on the entire sample: positions reached their minimum of 12,611 contracts on 23 February 2021; they peaked at 144,718 on 8 December 2020; they had a mean of 38,588.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 83,873.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 42,636.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 30,841.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-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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