30-Year T-Bond COT Report

CFTC Commitments of Traders · report date 2026-07-21 (released Jul 24, 2026) · next report expected Jul 31, 2026 (regular cycle; see the release schedule for holiday shifts)

As of the Jul 21, 2026 COT report, large speculators are net short 186,790 30-Year T-Bond futures contracts (down 7,734 week-over-week), commercials are net long 92,427, and open interest is 1,842,498 contracts.

-186,790
Large speculators net
92,427
Commercials net
18.4
COT index (3-year)
1,842,498
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-186,790-7,734-10.1%5.25.218.4
Commercials92,427+15,9765.0%92.192.169.8
Small traders94,363-8,2425.1%26.026.046.5

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

Net positions since 1986

-180k-120k-60k060k120k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-270k-180k-90k090k180k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-300k-200k-100k0100k200k300k1986-011994-122000-032005-062010-092015-122021-042026-07Large speculatorsCommercials

Traders in Financial Futures breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Dealer/intermediary-249,738+16,415
Asset manager558,536+18,503
Leveraged funds-391,386-25,698
Other reportables-11,775-978
Small traders94,363-8,242

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-211,842,498-186,790-7,73492,427+15,97694,363
2026-07-141,843,192-179,056-35,46576,451+56,493102,605
2026-07-071,880,170-143,591-52,81119,958+52,321123,633
2026-06-301,923,876-90,780+85,263-32,363-115,972123,143
2026-06-231,975,001-176,043-16,49283,609+26,07292,434
2026-06-161,944,182-159,551+3,75457,537-10,307102,014
2026-06-091,881,987-163,305-3,45267,844-4,52895,461
2026-06-021,875,352-159,853+39,39872,372-43,52787,481
2026-05-262,004,616-199,251-20,577115,899+4,60183,352
2026-05-191,879,052-178,674-5,820111,298+24,41467,376
2026-05-121,837,021-172,854+8886,884-6,14085,970
2026-05-051,829,774-172,942-59,28793,024+81,13479,918
2026-04-281,800,714-113,655-29,86911,890+29,976101,765
2026-04-211,804,347-83,786-9,670-18,086+12,686101,872
2026-04-141,778,844-74,116-15,120-30,772+13,537104,888
2026-04-071,786,514-58,996-27,363-44,309+25,419103,305
2026-03-311,803,899-31,633-38,203-69,728+27,810101,361
2026-03-241,792,4306,570-2,194-97,538+19,84590,968
2026-03-171,791,1608,764-33,273-117,383+62,328108,619
2026-03-101,800,99642,037+21,772-179,711-16,256137,674
2026-03-031,835,51120,265+15,191-163,455+12,758143,190
2026-02-242,036,8815,074-1,351-176,213-28,425171,139
2026-02-171,837,5926,425+6,517-147,788-26,332141,363
2026-02-101,760,556-92+13,512-121,456-37,834121,548
2026-02-031,727,709-13,604-5,437-83,622+36,28797,226
2026-01-271,835,009-8,167+14,903-119,909-25,944128,076

Full history, no login: CSV (1986-01-15 → 2026-07-21) · JSON

Contract facts

(CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE)
Contract unit (CFTC)
ZB
Ticker
CBOT
Exchange
020601
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short 30-Year T-Bond futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 186,790 contracts in 30-Year T-Bond futures.
How current is this 30-Year T-Bond COT data?
The latest report is dated 2026-07-21 (positions as of that Tuesday's close), published by the CFTC on 2026-07-24. This page updates within minutes of each weekly release.
Where can I download 30-Year T-Bond COT history?
The full weekly series (1986-01-15 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/30-year-treasury.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 020601. Dataset coverage 1986-01-15 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.