COT reports: Long positions held by asset managers in S&P 500 index futures: E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: S&P 500 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), long positions held by asset managers in S&P 500 index futures of the kind "E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 1,104,434 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 1,118,655 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 717 data points in the weekly series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the span of time extending from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics computed on the entire sample: positions recorded a minimum of 903,403 contracts on 27 September 2022; they hit a peak of 1,778,863 on 23 January 2018; they were equal on average to 1,249,343.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 1,142,075 |
| 2026-09-22 | 1,118,655 |
| 2026-09-29 | 1,104,434 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by asset managers in S&P 500 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: "E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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