COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in S&P 500 index futures: MICRO E-MINI S&P 500 INDEX - 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), short positions held by all reporting traders in S&P 500 index futures of the kind "MICRO E-MINI S&P 500 INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 64,745 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 49,864 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. In the weekly series displayed in the graph, there are a total of 277 data points. The series covers the span of time stretching from July 2020 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions recorded a maximum of 341,306 contracts on 14 June 2022; they recorded a minimum of 17,500 on 24 December 2024; they were equal on average to 97,142.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 240,524 |
| 2026-09-22 | 49,864.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 64,745.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by all 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: "MICRO E-MINI S&P 500 INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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