S&P 500 futures COT positions and historical chart

Official market: E-MINI S&P 500 · CME · TFF Futures Only

Latest report: 8 September 2026 · processed 11 Sept 2026, 19:31 · Current weekly data

Official CFTC dataset

Current positioning summary

Leveraged Funds held a net-short S&P 500 futures position of 341,104 contracts. The position decreased by 23,540 contracts from the preceding available report. The position ranked in the 49th percentile of the latest 156 available reports.

Report date: 8 September 2026

Asset Manager/Institutional

Long
1,153,305
Short
240,944
Net
+912,361
Weekly change
-21,819
Net / open interest
44.03%
52 reports
25th percentile
156 reports
39th percentile

Leveraged Funds

Long
155,517
Short
496,621
Net
-341,104
Weekly change
-23,540
Net / open interest
-16.46%
52 reports
81th percentile
156 reports
49th percentile

Historical net position

Actual report dates; missing weeks are not interpolated. A data table follows the chart.

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CFTC positioning observations
Report dateParticipantLongShortNetWeekly change4-report change52-report context
2026-09-08Dealer/Intermediary213,184898,526-685,342+35,405+94,29050th percentile
2026-09-08Asset Manager/Institutional1,153,305240,944+912,361-21,819-36,12025th percentile
2026-09-08Leveraged Funds155,517496,621-341,104-23,540-60,65881th percentile
2026-09-08Other Reportables56,46468,432-11,968-6,045+7,5956th percentile
2026-09-08Non-Reportable263,462137,409+126,053+15,999-5,10777th percentile
2026-09-01Dealer/Intermediary201,959922,706-720,747+40,289-3,92127th percentile
2026-09-01Asset Manager/Institutional1,156,793222,613+934,180-19,048-2,85340th percentile
2026-09-01Leveraged Funds165,311482,875-317,564-2,360+12,43588th percentile
2026-09-01Other Reportables57,14763,070-5,923+3,124-4,0818th percentile
2026-09-01Non-Reportable256,699146,645+110,054-22,005-1,58048th percentile
2026-08-25Dealer/Intermediary207,277968,313-761,036+23,379-3,84210th percentile
2026-08-25Asset Manager/Institutional1,166,084212,856+953,228-7,338+8,45862th percentile
2026-08-25Leveraged Funds150,526465,730-315,204-33,802-17,72890th percentile
2026-08-25Other Reportables60,27769,324-9,047+9,815-5,8226th percentile
2026-08-25Non-Reportable270,688138,629+132,059+7,946+18,93492th percentile
2026-08-18Dealer/Intermediary219,9861,004,401-784,415-4,783-51,5506th percentile
2026-08-18Asset Manager/Institutional1,165,359204,793+960,566+12,085+31,40765th percentile
2026-08-18Leveraged Funds166,291447,693-281,402-956+41,46394th percentile
2026-08-18Other Reportables54,63673,498-18,862+701-21,7304th percentile
2026-08-18Non-Reportable268,530144,417+124,113-7,047+41073th percentile
2026-08-11Dealer/Intermediary216,163995,795-779,632-62,806-72,8556th percentile
2026-08-11Asset Manager/Institutional1,154,700206,219+948,481+11,448+8,00962th percentile
2026-08-11Leveraged Funds205,744486,190-280,446+49,553+84,55696th percentile
2026-08-11Other Reportables52,03771,600-19,563-17,721-19,4012th percentile
2026-08-11Non-Reportable272,563141,403+131,160+19,526-30990th percentile
2026-08-04Dealer/Intermediary236,175953,001-716,826+40,368+14,25925th percentile
2026-08-04Asset Manager/Institutional1,162,320225,287+937,033-7,737-33,55952th percentile
2026-08-04Leveraged Funds206,039536,038-329,999-32,523+31,87692th percentile
2026-08-04Other Reportables52,90254,744-1,842+1,383-14,8564th percentile
2026-08-04Non-Reportable265,488153,854+111,634-1,491+2,28060th percentile
2026-07-28Dealer/Intermediary166,101923,295-757,194-24,329-5,8036th percentile
2026-07-28Asset Manager/Institutional1,159,241214,471+944,770+15,611-31,41962th percentile
2026-07-28Leveraged Funds155,964453,440-297,476+25,389+62,99396th percentile
2026-07-28Other Reportables49,48652,711-3,225-6,093-13,5702th percentile
2026-07-28Non-Reportable257,768144,643+113,125-10,578-12,20162th percentile
2026-07-21Dealer/Intermediary148,984881,849-732,865-26,088+23,03513th percentile
2026-07-21Asset Manager/Institutional1,143,723214,564+929,159-11,313-63,57046th percentile
2026-07-21Leveraged Funds146,834469,699-322,865+42,137+50,60396th percentile
2026-07-21Other Reportables52,27449,406+2,868+3,030-11,1934th percentile
2026-07-21Non-Reportable263,450139,747+123,703-7,766+1,12575th percentile

How to interpret S&P 500 positioning

What the contract represents

E-mini S&P 500 futures are a liquid benchmark for large-cap US equity-index exposure.

Categories traders monitor

Leveraged Funds often show tactical index positioning, while Asset Managers can use futures for portfolio equitization and hedging.

Interpretation considerations

Contract choice matters: this registry intentionally follows the reviewed E-mini contract rather than mixing micro or alternate contracts.

Important limitations

COT excludes cash equities and options and cannot identify whether futures offset another portfolio exposure.

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