COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders 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 other reporting traders in S&P 500 index futures of the kind "E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were -31,744 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to -29,026 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. In the weekly time series shown in the figure, there are a total of 717 data points. The series covers the time range extending from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Check out a few summary statistics we computed on the full sample: positions averaged -84,869 contracts; they recorded a maximum of 222,186 on 8 April 2025; they recorded a bottom of -342,413 on 25 August 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 127.000 |
| 2026-09-22 | -29,026.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | -31,744.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by other reporting traders 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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