ETHER CASH SETTLED COT report

ETHER CASH SETTLED - 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: 28068 contracts. This is the latest stored observation, not live trading data.

How are traders positioned?

Non-commercial percentile: 33 across 83 stored observations. This is the share of sampled net positions at or below the latest value, not a price forecast.

Historical AI commentary — 2026-07-07

This commentary is dated separately from the positioning table. It may describe an earlier market environment.

SUMMARY: Ethereum shows extreme positioning with dealers at their maximum long position (100th percentile) while speculators are at their minimum short position (0th percentile). This extreme setup has historically led to moderate gains in the 4-week timeframe, with the most similar week in June 2025 producing a 3.4% gain over 4 weeks and 15.6% over 12 weeks. The current price at $1,792 sits ne...

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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