5-Year Treasury Note futures COT positions and historical chart

Official market: UST 5Y NOTE · CBOT · 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 5-Year Treasury Note futures position of 2,066,289 contracts. The position increased by 136,399 contracts from the preceding available report. The position ranked in the 83th percentile of the latest 156 available reports.

Report date: 8 September 2026

Asset Manager/Institutional

Long
3,920,581
Short
1,073,220
Net
+2,847,361
Weekly change
-80,658
Net / open interest
45.12%
52 reports
13th percentile
156 reports
37th percentile

Leveraged Funds

Long
492,845
Short
2,559,134
Net
-2,066,289
Weekly change
+136,399
Net / open interest
-32.74%
52 reports
100th percentile
156 reports
83th percentile

Historical net position

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

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Accessible historical data

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CFTC positioning observations
Report dateParticipantLongShortNetWeekly change4-report change52-report context
2026-09-08Dealer/Intermediary75,508931,416-855,908-41,473-36,8844th percentile
2026-09-08Asset Manager/Institutional3,920,5811,073,220+2,847,361-80,658-36,61613th percentile
2026-09-08Leveraged Funds492,8452,559,134-2,066,289+136,399+81,455100th percentile
2026-09-08Other Reportables209,319186,197+23,122+1,531-37,23619th percentile
2026-09-08Non-Reportable444,315392,601+51,714-15,799+29,28127th percentile
2026-09-01Dealer/Intermediary98,475912,910-814,435+114,590+2,73615th percentile
2026-09-01Asset Manager/Institutional3,965,0351,037,016+2,928,019+13,538-35,23538th percentile
2026-09-01Leveraged Funds423,8552,626,543-2,202,688-90,878+8,75181th percentile
2026-09-01Other Reportables209,384187,793+21,591+8,031-24,07217th percentile
2026-09-01Non-Reportable407,987340,474+67,513-45,281+47,82037th percentile
2026-08-25Dealer/Intermediary94,6461,023,671-929,025-99,972-113,2262th percentile
2026-08-25Asset Manager/Institutional3,900,099985,618+2,914,481-12,633+18,23233th percentile
2026-08-25Leveraged Funds509,3592,621,169-2,111,810+58,004-3,17296th percentile
2026-08-25Other Reportables200,335186,775+13,560-29,675-3,40512th percentile
2026-08-25Non-Reportable508,449395,655+112,794+84,276+101,57146th percentile
2026-08-18Dealer/Intermediary129,849958,902-829,053-10,029-82,0266th percentile
2026-08-18Asset Manager/Institutional3,953,0791,025,965+2,927,114+43,137+76,98935th percentile
2026-08-18Leveraged Funds379,3972,549,211-2,169,814-22,070-38,38687th percentile
2026-08-18Other Reportables207,806164,571+43,235-17,123+19,74025th percentile
2026-08-18Non-Reportable406,623378,105+28,518+6,085+23,68317th percentile
2026-08-11Dealer/Intermediary116,505935,529-819,024-1,853-45,6056th percentile
2026-08-11Asset Manager/Institutional3,947,5141,063,537+2,883,977-79,277-10,94123th percentile
2026-08-11Leveraged Funds410,9752,558,719-2,147,744+63,695+9,00692th percentile
2026-08-11Other Reportables220,927160,569+60,358+14,695+40,55637th percentile
2026-08-11Non-Reportable401,196378,763+22,433+2,740+6,98415th percentile
2026-08-04Dealer/Intermediary101,813918,984-817,171-1,372+31,1306th percentile
2026-08-04Asset Manager/Institutional4,053,1281,089,874+2,963,254+67,005-4,96837th percentile
2026-08-04Leveraged Funds355,2222,566,661-2,211,439-102,801-36,57787th percentile
2026-08-04Other Reportables206,314160,651+45,663+28,698+19,33127th percentile
2026-08-04Non-Reportable393,839374,146+19,693+8,470-8,91613th percentile
2026-07-28Dealer/Intermediary102,740918,539-815,799-68,772+16,2756th percentile
2026-07-28Asset Manager/Institutional3,903,3611,007,112+2,896,249+46,124-34,62125th percentile
2026-07-28Leveraged Funds426,0562,534,694-2,108,638+22,790+37,65298th percentile
2026-07-28Other Reportables180,766163,801+16,965-6,530+10,00212th percentile
2026-07-28Non-Reportable388,005376,782+11,223+6,388-29,3088th percentile
2026-07-21Dealer/Intermediary130,770877,797-747,027+26,392+43,82717th percentile
2026-07-21Asset Manager/Institutional3,887,2541,037,129+2,850,125-44,793-59,24413th percentile
2026-07-21Leveraged Funds376,8862,508,314-2,131,428+25,322+34,14598th percentile
2026-07-21Other Reportables199,256175,761+23,495+3,693+27,00313th percentile
2026-07-21Non-Reportable392,534387,699+4,835-10,614-45,7316th percentile

How to interpret 5-Year Treasury Note positioning

What the contract represents

5-Year Treasury Note futures span the intermediate part of the US curve and are heavily used for rate-risk transfer.

Categories traders monitor

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Interpretation considerations

Spread and basis strategies mean contract direction may not reveal portfolio-level duration intent.

Important limitations

COT does not disclose paired legs, cash holdings or the purpose of a hedge.

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