BITCOIN COT report
BITCOIN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE positioning from the CFTC Legacy report. Net positions equal long contracts minus short contracts. Commercial, non-commercial and non-reportable classifications describe participants; they are not buy or sell signals.
Positions as of 2026-10-27. Open interest: 20791 contracts. This is the latest stored observation, not live trading data.
How are traders positioned?
| Category | Long | Short | Net contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-commercial | 16980 | 14260 | 2720 |
| Commercial | 131 | 3011 | -2880 |
| Non-reportable | 1002 | 842 | 160 |
Non-commercial percentile: 86 across 83 stored observations. This is the share of sampled net positions at or below the latest value, not a price forecast.
Position history in contracts
| Observation date | Non-commercial net |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | 2720 |
| 2026-10-20 | 2418 |
| 2026-10-13 | 2534 |
| 2026-10-06 | 2540 |
| 2026-09-29 | 2465 |
| 2026-09-22 | 2756 |
| 2026-09-15 | 2468 |
| 2026-09-08 | 1524 |
| 2026-09-01 | 703 |
| 2026-08-25 | 1949 |
| 2026-08-18 | 2736 |
| 2026-08-11 | 3865 |
| 2026-08-04 | 3752 |
| 2026-07-28 | 3904 |
| 2026-07-21 | 3054 |
| 2026-07-14 | 3091 |
| 2026-07-07 | 3500 |
| 2026-06-30 | 3770 |
| 2026-06-23 | 3524 |
| 2026-06-16 | 3475 |
| 2026-06-09 | 3018 |
| 2026-06-02 | 2458 |
| 2026-05-26 | 2282 |
| 2026-05-19 | 2112 |
| 2026-05-12 | 1259 |
| 2026-05-05 | 1441 |
| 2026-04-28 | 2392 |
| 2026-04-21 | 2071 |
| 2026-04-14 | 2193 |
| 2026-04-07 | 2540 |
| 2026-03-31 | 2253 |
| 2026-03-24 | 2106 |
| 2026-03-17 | 1773 |
| 2026-03-10 | 1302 |
| 2026-03-03 | 1011 |
| 2026-02-24 | 1172 |
| 2026-02-17 | 1638 |
| 2026-02-10 | 1017 |
| 2026-02-03 | 1008 |
| 2026-01-27 | 690 |
| 2026-01-20 | 298 |
| 2026-01-13 | 69 |
| 2026-01-06 | -734 |
| 2025-12-30 | -513 |
| 2025-12-23 | -479 |
| 2025-12-16 | 106 |
| 2025-12-09 | 265 |
| 2025-12-02 | 567 |
| 2025-11-25 | -83 |
| 2025-11-18 | -312 |
| 2025-11-10 | 128 |
| 2025-11-04 | -275 |
| 2025-10-28 | -543 |
| 2025-10-21 | -329 |
| 2025-10-14 | -452 |
| 2025-10-07 | -1108 |
| 2025-09-30 | -108 |
| 2025-09-23 | 79 |
| 2025-09-16 | 20 |
| 2025-09-09 | -468 |
| 2025-09-02 | -902 |
| 2025-08-26 | -372 |
| 2025-08-19 | -1200 |
| 2025-08-12 | -742 |
| 2025-08-05 | -1501 |
| 2025-07-29 | -1008 |
| 2025-07-22 | -1852 |
| 2025-07-15 | -2486 |
| 2025-07-08 | -2436 |
| 2025-07-01 | -1756 |
| 2025-06-24 | -2161 |
| 2025-06-17 | -1784 |
| 2025-06-10 | -2009 |
| 2025-06-03 | -2312 |
| 2025-05-27 | -2274 |
| 2025-05-20 | -1952 |
| 2025-05-13 | -827 |
| 2025-05-06 | -1781 |
| 2025-04-29 | -1231 |
| 2025-04-22 | -806 |
| 2025-04-15 | 586 |
| 2025-04-08 | 1332 |
| 2025-04-01 | 491 |
Historical AI commentary — 2026-07-07
This commentary is dated separately from the positioning table. It may describe an earlier market environment.
Bitcoin's COT data shows a rare and extreme positioning setup: Dealers are at their maximum long position (100th percentile) while speculators are at their minimum (0th percentile) in the 156-week history. This extreme divergence, where the professionals are betting against the crowd, has historically led to significant price reversals, suggesting a high probability of a mean-reversion move in ...
How should this COT report be used?
Use positioning to understand exposure and crowded trades alongside price, liquidity and risk controls. Weekly reports generally describe Tuesday positions released on Friday, subject to the CFTC schedule. Classifications differ in TFF and Disaggregated reports. Compare like-for-like formats and dates.
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