MSCI EAFE COT report
MSCI EAFE - ICE FUTURES U.S. 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: 494688 contracts. This is the latest stored observation, not live trading data.
How are traders positioned?
| Category | Long | Short | Net contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-commercial | 50362 | 47360 | 3002 |
| Commercial | 421459 | 432285 | -10826 |
| Non-reportable | 16958 | 9134 | 7824 |
Non-commercial percentile: 42 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 | 3002 |
| 2026-10-20 | -5793 |
| 2026-10-13 | 1471 |
| 2026-10-06 | 13030 |
| 2026-09-29 | 17585 |
| 2026-09-22 | 30873 |
| 2026-09-15 | 20864 |
| 2026-09-08 | 15630 |
| 2026-09-01 | 23847 |
| 2026-08-25 | 19210 |
| 2026-08-18 | 11946 |
| 2026-08-11 | 16774 |
| 2026-08-04 | 9585 |
| 2026-07-28 | -1981 |
| 2026-07-21 | -8111 |
| 2026-07-14 | 1799 |
| 2026-07-07 | 2489 |
| 2026-06-30 | 3726 |
| 2026-06-23 | 5426 |
| 2026-06-16 | -5564 |
| 2026-06-09 | 3036 |
| 2026-06-02 | -4092 |
| 2026-05-26 | -17747 |
| 2026-05-19 | -22929 |
| 2026-05-12 | -11959 |
| 2026-05-05 | -4328 |
| 2026-04-28 | -20485 |
| 2026-04-21 | -9940 |
| 2026-04-14 | -4058 |
| 2026-04-07 | -8914 |
| 2026-03-31 | -34760 |
| 2026-03-24 | -16966 |
| 2026-03-17 | 5760 |
| 2026-03-10 | 21884 |
| 2026-03-03 | 21994 |
| 2026-02-24 | 4415 |
| 2026-02-17 | 6338 |
| 2026-02-10 | 18290 |
| 2026-02-03 | 25855 |
| 2026-01-27 | 23890 |
| 2026-01-20 | 24569 |
| 2026-01-13 | 29353 |
| 2026-01-06 | 11483 |
| 2025-12-30 | 16240 |
| 2025-12-23 | 20332 |
| 2025-12-16 | 13626 |
| 2025-12-09 | 16625 |
| 2025-12-02 | 8955 |
| 2025-11-25 | 6631 |
| 2025-11-18 | 19655 |
| 2025-11-10 | 11633 |
| 2025-11-04 | 13325 |
| 2025-10-28 | 8808 |
| 2025-10-21 | 21092 |
| 2025-10-14 | 4657 |
| 2025-10-07 | -707 |
| 2025-09-30 | -3761 |
| 2025-09-23 | -2432 |
| 2025-09-16 | 9549 |
| 2025-09-09 | 13583 |
| 2025-09-02 | 12692 |
| 2025-08-26 | 14698 |
| 2025-08-19 | 5439 |
| 2025-08-12 | 7794 |
| 2025-08-05 | 5854 |
| 2025-07-29 | 8714 |
| 2025-07-22 | 8032 |
| 2025-07-15 | -873 |
| 2025-07-08 | 3098 |
| 2025-07-01 | 7468 |
| 2025-06-24 | 7260 |
| 2025-06-17 | 2037 |
| 2025-06-10 | -1452 |
| 2025-06-03 | 2201 |
| 2025-05-27 | -136 |
| 2025-05-20 | 774 |
| 2025-05-13 | 2709 |
| 2025-05-06 | -4592 |
| 2025-04-29 | -10432 |
| 2025-04-22 | -11050 |
| 2025-04-15 | -26269 |
| 2025-04-08 | -8496 |
| 2025-04-01 | -9613 |
Historical AI commentary — 2026-07-07
This commentary is dated separately from the positioning table. It may describe an earlier market environment.
MSCI EAFE shows extreme positioning with Dealers at their most net short on record (0.0th percentile) and Speculative Broad positions at an all-time high (100.0th percentile). Despite this extreme, the 12-week trend for Spec Core is actually DOWN, signaling a divergence between the high percentile and recent selling. The immediate implication is that while the market is heavily one-sided, the t...
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