NASDAQ MINI COT report
NASDAQ MINI - 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: 268508 contracts. This is the latest stored observation, not live trading data.
How are traders positioned?
| Category | Long | Short | Net contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-commercial | 84567 | 35728 | 48839 |
| Commercial | 136338 | 198430 | -62092 |
| Non-reportable | 41642 | 28389 | 13253 |
Non-commercial percentile: 90 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 | 48839 |
| 2026-10-20 | 50726 |
| 2026-10-13 | 48523 |
| 2026-10-06 | 58123 |
| 2026-09-29 | 51247 |
| 2026-09-22 | 56150 |
| 2026-09-15 | 33718 |
| 2026-09-08 | 20895 |
| 2026-09-01 | 25890 |
| 2026-08-25 | 10039 |
| 2026-08-18 | -10416 |
| 2026-08-11 | -39302 |
| 2026-08-04 | -14639 |
| 2026-07-28 | 4914 |
| 2026-07-21 | 4546 |
| 2026-07-14 | 2721 |
| 2026-07-07 | 2063 |
| 2026-06-30 | -7604 |
| 2026-06-23 | -9144 |
| 2026-06-16 | -8908 |
| 2026-06-09 | -1349 |
| 2026-06-02 | -14949 |
| 2026-05-26 | -6085 |
| 2026-05-19 | -1420 |
| 2026-05-12 | -15985 |
| 2026-05-05 | 1221 |
| 2026-04-28 | -2322 |
| 2026-04-21 | 9439 |
| 2026-04-14 | 10821 |
| 2026-04-07 | 12525 |
| 2026-03-31 | 20600 |
| 2026-03-24 | 6623 |
| 2026-03-17 | 24082 |
| 2026-03-10 | 24929 |
| 2026-03-03 | 2386 |
| 2026-02-24 | 10787 |
| 2026-02-17 | 24410 |
| 2026-02-10 | 13360 |
| 2026-02-03 | 14187 |
| 2026-01-27 | 28155 |
| 2026-01-20 | 21134 |
| 2026-01-13 | 29141 |
| 2026-01-06 | 32586 |
| 2025-12-30 | 25051 |
| 2025-12-23 | 31833 |
| 2025-12-16 | 46376 |
| 2025-12-09 | 48051 |
| 2025-12-02 | 48318 |
| 2025-11-25 | 57393 |
| 2025-11-18 | 46410 |
| 2025-11-10 | 49816 |
| 2025-11-04 | 48171 |
| 2025-10-28 | 42302 |
| 2025-10-21 | 48862 |
| 2025-10-14 | 52827 |
| 2025-10-07 | 43341 |
| 2025-09-30 | 41008 |
| 2025-09-23 | 23405 |
| 2025-09-16 | 17806 |
| 2025-09-09 | 25473 |
| 2025-09-02 | 15444 |
| 2025-08-26 | 36082 |
| 2025-08-19 | 33845 |
| 2025-08-12 | 42312 |
| 2025-08-05 | 33836 |
| 2025-07-29 | 34954 |
| 2025-07-22 | 30728 |
| 2025-07-15 | 34892 |
| 2025-07-08 | 31211 |
| 2025-07-01 | 27136 |
| 2025-06-24 | 16509 |
| 2025-06-17 | 15694 |
| 2025-06-10 | 17727 |
| 2025-06-03 | 14670 |
| 2025-05-27 | 17032 |
| 2025-05-20 | 14530 |
| 2025-05-13 | 19547 |
| 2025-05-06 | 32847 |
| 2025-04-29 | 30863 |
| 2025-04-22 | 37680 |
| 2025-04-15 | 31794 |
| 2025-04-08 | 24264 |
| 2025-04-01 | 15178 |
Historical AI commentary — 2026-07-07
This commentary is dated separately from the positioning table. It may describe an earlier market environment.
NASDAQ positioning is at an extreme, with Asset Manager net longs at the 100th percentile and Dealer net shorts at the 1.3th percentile. Despite these extremes, the 12-week trend for Spec Core is slightly DOWN and the Dealer trend is also DOWN, indicating a divergence where elevated positions are not being built but are stable or slightly declining. The immediate implication is that while the 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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