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10-Year T-Note COT Report

CFTC Commitments of Traders · positions as of Tuesday 2026-09-01, released Sep 4, 2026 (the CFTC reports each Tuesday's close three days later) · next release Sep 11, 2026 (regular cycle; see the release schedule for holiday shifts)

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Bullish lean37/100

10-Year T-Note positioning leans bullish - commercials buying (26w index 78).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net long and sit near the top of their 26-week range (COT index 78) - a bullish tilt in the traditional read.

A description of how traders are positioned versus their own history - the standard Commitments of Traders interpretation, computed identically for every market. It is not a price forecast, a trading signal, or advice. How traders use positioning · how the read is computed.

As of the COT report, large speculators are net short 909,275 10-Year T-Note futures contracts (down 70,300 week-over-week), commercials are net long 885,381, and open interest is 5,276,634 contracts. Leveraged funds was net short 2,062,502 contracts as of (up 71,837 week-over-week).

-909,275
Large speculators net · 52w
885,381
Commercials net
28.1
COT index (3-year)
5,276,634
Open interest
Cite this data
FuturesBench, "10-Year T-Note COT Report," data as of 2026-09-01.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/10-year-treasury/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/10-year-treasury.csv
Net positions since 1986
-800k-400k0400k800k2025-092025-102025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-08Large speculatorsCommercials
-1.2M-800k-400k0400k800k2021-092022-052023-022023-102024-072025-042025-122026-09Large speculatorsCommercials
-1.2M-800k-400k0400k800k1986-011994-122000-032005-072010-102016-022021-052026-09Large speculatorsCommercials
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Positioning - as of Tuesday 2026-09-01

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-909,275-70,300-17.2%15.715.728.1
Commercials885,381+110,35616.8%78.078.084.6
Small traders23,894-40,0560.5%13.013.015.3

Net = long − short (spread positions cancel). COT index: 0 = most net-short of the lookback, 100 = most net-long. How it's computed.

Traders in Financial Futures report - positions as of Tue 2026-09-01

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Dealer/intermediary-587,097-6,790-11.1%0.00.00.0
Asset manager2,604,213+12,14149.4%98.698.999.5
Leveraged funds-2,062,502+71,837-39.1%44.262.532.2
Other reportables21,492-37,1320.4%10.17.36.7
Small traders23,894-40,0560.5%13.013.015.3

Full Traders in Financial Futures report history: CSV · switch the chart above to this report family for the full series.

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-09-015,276,634-909,275-70,300885,381+110,35623,894
2026-08-256,208,739-838,975+107,986775,025-139,36063,950
2026-08-185,596,739-946,961-31,908914,385+37432,576
2026-08-115,458,890-915,053+64,190914,011-81,4051,042
2026-08-045,265,447-979,243-103,124995,416+105,149-16,173
2026-07-285,313,478-876,119+3,587890,267+149-14,148
2026-07-215,272,703-879,706-48,031890,118+86,529-10,412
2026-07-145,284,601-831,675-17,413803,589+10,31828,086
2026-07-075,315,630-814,262-5,371793,271+3,88920,991
2026-06-305,248,455-808,891+26,375789,382-36,81219,509
2026-06-235,271,748-835,266+75,816826,194-65,1379,072
2026-06-165,324,590-911,082-47,275891,331+26,63619,751
2026-06-095,251,295-863,807-34,232864,695+42,953-888
2026-06-025,323,279-829,575-41,621821,742+325,5577,833
2026-05-266,254,472-787,954+60,098496,185-290,090291,769
2026-05-195,833,268-848,052-66,885786,275+52,53261,777
2026-05-125,866,357-781,167+34,102733,743-13,60047,424
2026-05-055,369,025-815,269+23,868747,343-57767,926
2026-04-285,374,513-839,137-48,166747,920+21,03191,217
2026-04-215,213,875-790,971+9,394726,889-31,06864,082
2026-04-145,187,440-800,365+23,259757,957-41,38542,408
2026-04-075,123,122-823,624-39,561799,342+51,01724,282
2026-03-315,152,796-784,063-142,176748,325+148,19135,738
2026-03-245,163,104-641,887-44,009600,134+49,34741,753
2026-03-175,279,072-597,878-62,995550,787+53,53647,091
2026-03-105,324,068-534,883+119,624497,251-123,05437,632

Full history, no login: CSV (1986-01-15 → 2026-09-01) · JSON

Contract facts

(CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE)
Contract unit (CFTC)
ZN
Ticker
CBOT
Exchange
043602
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short 10-Year T-Note futures?
As of the 2026-09-01 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 909,275 contracts in 10-Year T-Note futures.
How current is this 10-Year T-Note COT data?
The latest report is dated 2026-09-01 (positions as of that Tuesday's close), published by the CFTC on 2026-09-04. This page updates within minutes of each weekly release.
Where can I download 10-Year T-Note COT history?
The full weekly series (1986-01-15 to 2026-09-01) is free at /data/cot/10-year-treasury.csv - no login, no cap.

Learn: how to read this report · commercials vs non-commercials · glossary

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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 043602. Dataset coverage 1986-01-15 → 2026-09-01. Methodology.