COT reports: Net 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), net long positions held by asset managers in S&P 500 index futures of the kind "E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 904,003 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 934,455 on 22 September.
Sample. There are 717 observations overall in the weekly series shown in the graph above. The series covers the time range extending from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics computed on the entire sample: positions had an average value of 716,520 contracts; they hit a minimum of 157,948 on 22 September 2015; they reached their maximum of 1,124,081 on 18 February 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 904,684 |
| 2026-09-22 | 934,455 |
| 2026-09-29 | 904,003 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net 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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