E-MINI S&P 500 COT report
E-MINI S&P 500 - 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: 1955711 contracts. This is the latest stored observation, not live trading data.
How are traders positioned?
| Category | Long | Short | Net contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-commercial | 215924 | 350292 | -134368 |
| Commercial | 1427683 | 1410382 | 17301 |
| Non-reportable | 253501 | 136434 | 117067 |
Non-commercial percentile: 49 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 | -134368 |
| 2026-10-20 | -142671 |
| 2026-10-13 | -140995 |
| 2026-10-06 | -154070 |
| 2026-09-29 | -142499 |
| 2026-09-22 | -133228 |
| 2026-09-15 | -100461 |
| 2026-09-08 | -76036 |
| 2026-09-01 | -75941 |
| 2026-08-25 | -67994 |
| 2026-08-18 | -10560 |
| 2026-08-11 | 11280 |
| 2026-08-04 | -27258 |
| 2026-07-28 | -17196 |
| 2026-07-21 | -16784 |
| 2026-07-14 | -38938 |
| 2026-07-07 | -42891 |
| 2026-06-30 | -37592 |
| 2026-06-23 | -35448 |
| 2026-06-16 | -193978 |
| 2026-06-09 | -205644 |
| 2026-06-02 | -220768 |
| 2026-05-26 | -165831 |
| 2026-05-19 | -140605 |
| 2026-05-12 | -143835 |
| 2026-05-05 | -103885 |
| 2026-04-28 | -101440 |
| 2026-04-21 | -110106 |
| 2026-04-14 | -115762 |
| 2026-04-07 | -45666 |
| 2026-03-31 | -42479 |
| 2026-03-24 | -80891 |
| 2026-03-17 | -113057 |
| 2026-03-10 | -134505 |
| 2026-03-03 | -168216 |
| 2026-02-24 | -193483 |
| 2026-02-17 | -177831 |
| 2026-02-10 | -105129 |
| 2026-02-03 | -132941 |
| 2026-01-27 | -99787 |
| 2026-01-20 | -81776 |
| 2026-01-13 | -122127 |
| 2026-01-06 | -106088 |
| 2025-12-30 | -94415 |
| 2025-12-23 | -81820 |
| 2025-12-16 | -166019 |
| 2025-12-09 | -190445 |
| 2025-12-02 | -195667 |
| 2025-11-25 | -155278 |
| 2025-11-18 | -147405 |
| 2025-11-10 | -157930 |
| 2025-11-04 | -163945 |
| 2025-10-28 | -150135 |
| 2025-10-21 | -145350 |
| 2025-10-14 | -165683 |
| 2025-10-07 | -144091 |
| 2025-09-30 | -136689 |
| 2025-09-23 | -172549 |
| 2025-09-16 | -225074 |
| 2025-09-09 | -173665 |
| 2025-09-02 | -161060 |
| 2025-08-26 | -187752 |
| 2025-08-19 | -171498 |
| 2025-08-12 | -192057 |
| 2025-08-05 | -139646 |
| 2025-07-29 | -163181 |
| 2025-07-22 | -168481 |
| 2025-07-15 | -167778 |
| 2025-07-08 | -140018 |
| 2025-07-01 | -86809 |
| 2025-06-24 | -144775 |
| 2025-06-17 | -174147 |
| 2025-06-10 | -127668 |
| 2025-06-03 | -69415 |
| 2025-05-27 | -52970 |
| 2025-05-20 | -96569 |
| 2025-05-13 | -122194 |
| 2025-05-06 | -76405 |
| 2025-04-29 | -78666 |
| 2025-04-22 | -75935 |
| 2025-04-15 | -63097 |
| 2025-04-08 | -28687 |
| 2025-04-01 | -19022 |
Historical AI commentary — 2026-07-07
This commentary is dated separately from the positioning table. It may describe an earlier market environment.
S&P 500 positioning is at an all-time extreme with Asset Managers and Speculators at their highest net long levels on record while Dealers are at their lowest net short level. Despite this extreme, the 12-week trend for Speculators is actually DOWN, meaning the extreme reading is a legacy of past accumulation rather than current buying pressure. The immediate implication is that the market is s...
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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