Are large speculators long or short 30-Year T-Bond futures?

As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 68,419 contracts in 30-Year T-Bond futures.

What is the leveraged funds position in 30-Year T-Bond futures?

As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, leveraged funds traders are net short 162,757 contracts (169,144 long, 331,901 short) in 30-Year T-Bond futures. The week-by-week table on this page lists the last 26 reports.

How current is this 30-Year T-Bond COT data?

The latest report is dated 2026-10-20 (positions as of that Tuesday's close), published by the CFTC on 2026-10-23. 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 2026-10-20) is free at /data/cot/30-year-treasury.csv - no login, no cap.

30-Year T-Bond COT Report

CFTC Commitments of Traders · positions as of Tuesday 2026-10-20, released Oct 23, 2026 (the CFTC reports each Tuesday's close three days later) · next release Oct 30, 2026 (regular cycle; see the release schedule for holiday shifts)

Bearish lean31/100

30-Year T-Bond positioning leans bearish - commercials selling (26w index 27).

How this read is built

Commercials (hedgers) are net long and sit near the bottom of their 26-week range (COT index 27) - a bearish 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 Oct 20, 2026 COT report, large speculators are net short 68,419 30-Year T-Bond futures contracts (up 58,019 week-over-week), commercials are net long 20,686, and open interest is 1,785,457 contracts. Leveraged funds were net short 162,757 contracts as of Oct 20, 2026 (down 8,737 week-over-week), holding 169,144 long and 331,901 short.

-68,419

Large speculators net · 52w

20,686

Commercials net

56.4

COT index (3-year)

1,785,457

Open interest

Cite this data

FuturesBench, "30-Year T-Bond COT Report," data as of 2026-10-20.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/30-year-treasury/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/30-year-treasury.csv

Net positions since 19861Y5YMax

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Positioning - as of Tuesday 2026-10-20

Trader category	Net position	Weekly change	% of open interest	COT index 26w	COT index 52w	COT index 3y
Large speculators	-68,419	+58,019	-3.8%	100.0	57.7	56.4
Commercials	20,686	-56,736	1.2%	26.9	58.2	58.2
Small traders	47,733	-1,283	2.7%	0.0	0.0	14.0

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

This week in numbers

Large speculators net position rose by 58,019 contracts to -68,419 (45.9% w/w) - the largest weekly change since 2026-10-06.
Commercials net position fell by 56,736 contracts to 20,686 (73.3% w/w) - the largest weekly change since 2026-10-06.
Small traders net position is at a 52-week low (47,733 contracts).

Every sentence above is computed from the stored series - no commentary, no forecasts.

Traders in Financial Futures report - positions as of Tue 2026-10-20

Trader category	Net position	Weekly change	% of open interest	COT index 26w	COT index 52w	COT index 3y
Dealer/intermediary	-182,706	-3,407	-10.2%	97.8	83.4	59.1
Asset manager	388,007	-3,527	21.7%	0.0	7.2	5.8
Leveraged funds	-162,757	-8,737	-9.1%	96.3	96.7	98.0
Other reportables	-90,277	+16,954	-5.1%	15.4	15.4	10.2
Small traders	47,733	-1,283	2.7%	0.0	0.0	14.0

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

30-Year T-Bond leveraged funds positions, week by week

Leveraged funds long, short and net position in 30-Year T-Bond futures for the last 26 weekly COT reports (positions as of each Tuesday), from the CFTC Traders in Financial Futures futures-only report. Short = long minus net; spread positions are excluded from both.

Report date	Leveraged funds long	Leveraged funds short	Leveraged funds net	Weekly change	Asset managers net	Dealers net
Oct 20, 2026	169,144	331,901	-162,757	-8,737	388,007	-182,706
Oct 13, 2026	173,217	327,237	-154,020	+35,658	391,534	-179,299
Oct 6, 2026	172,246	361,924	-189,678	+61,717	405,628	-192,677
Sep 29, 2026	159,474	410,869	-251,395	-89,343	436,956	-180,799
Sep 22, 2026	201,034	363,086	-162,052	+49,683	413,616	-250,961
Sep 15, 2026	203,681	415,416	-211,735	+65,230	460,662	-241,670
Sep 8, 2026	133,029	409,994	-276,965	+26,080	532,667	-251,880
Sep 1, 2026	123,117	426,162	-303,045	-51	544,469	-258,952
Aug 25, 2026	115,729	418,723	-302,994	+58,389	521,748	-266,207
Aug 18, 2026	125,133	486,516	-361,383	+3,441	597,467	-286,302
Aug 11, 2026	148,363	513,187	-364,824	+11,402	549,650	-243,296
Aug 4, 2026	140,141	516,367	-376,226	+13,296	551,606	-243,224
Jul 28, 2026	135,950	525,472	-389,522	+1,864	568,268	-269,722
Jul 21, 2026	140,951	532,337	-391,386	-25,698	558,536	-249,738
Jul 14, 2026	144,821	510,509	-365,688	-205	540,033	-266,153
Jul 7, 2026	148,484	513,967	-365,483	-23,561	530,302	-280,811
Jun 30, 2026	176,947	518,869	-341,922	+9,024	526,886	-298,722
Jun 23, 2026	157,784	508,730	-350,946	-40,633	599,824	-337,639
Jun 16, 2026	181,473	491,786	-310,313	-28,380	547,031	-330,522
Jun 9, 2026	173,693	455,626	-281,933	-1,871	478,569	-281,630
Jun 2, 2026	160,099	440,161	-280,062	+40,684	481,651	-270,385
May 26, 2026	124,095	444,841	-320,746	+5,637	470,599	-221,213
May 19, 2026	122,422	448,805	-326,383	-30,187	495,098	-225,702
May 12, 2026	133,746	429,942	-296,196	-10,723	461,742	-251,788
May 5, 2026	120,081	405,554	-285,473	-61,644	442,503	-239,455
Apr 28, 2026	123,992	347,821	-223,829	-7,669	397,314	-273,674

Every week back to 2006: 30-Year T-Bond TFF CSV.

Recent history

Report date	Open interest	Large spec net	Δ	Commercial net	Δ	Small trader net
2026-10-20	1,785,457	-68,419	+58,019	20,686	-56,736	47,733
2026-10-13	1,849,727	-126,438	-6,626	77,422	+28,716	49,016
2026-10-06	1,898,067	-119,812	+67,063	48,706	-59,602	71,106
2026-09-29	1,879,173	-186,875	-31,070	108,308	+17,941	78,567
2026-09-22	1,887,864	-155,805	+47,352	90,367	-50,796	65,438
2026-09-15	1,867,442	-203,157	-2,640	141,163	+3,251	61,994
2026-09-08	1,802,308	-200,517	-1,016	137,912	+25,604	62,605
2026-09-01	1,811,513	-199,501	-12,258	112,308	+19,565	87,193
2026-08-25	2,096,351	-187,243	+31,769	92,743	-71,921	94,500
2026-08-18	1,894,436	-219,012	-39,405	164,664	+57,557	54,348
2026-08-11	1,862,944	-179,607	-3,335	107,107	+13,261	72,500
2026-08-04	1,869,874	-176,272	+41,225	93,846	-22,043	82,426
2026-07-28	1,859,732	-217,497	-30,707	115,889	+23,462	101,608
2026-07-21	1,842,498	-186,790	-7,734	92,427	+15,976	94,363
2026-07-14	1,843,192	-179,056	-35,465	76,451	+56,493	102,605
2026-07-07	1,880,170	-143,591	-52,811	19,958	+52,321	123,633
2026-06-30	1,923,876	-90,780	+85,263	-32,363	-115,972	123,143
2026-06-23	1,975,001	-176,043	-16,492	83,609	+26,072	92,434
2026-06-16	1,944,182	-159,551	+3,754	57,537	-10,307	102,014
2026-06-09	1,881,987	-163,305	-3,452	67,844	-4,528	95,461
2026-06-02	1,875,352	-159,853	+39,398	72,372	-43,527	87,481
2026-05-26	2,004,616	-199,251	-20,577	115,899	+4,601	83,352
2026-05-19	1,879,052	-178,674	-5,820	111,298	+24,414	67,376
2026-05-12	1,837,021	-172,854	+88	86,884	-6,140	85,970
2026-05-05	1,829,774	-172,942	-59,287	93,024	+81,134	79,918
2026-04-28	1,800,714	-113,655	-29,869	11,890	+29,976	101,765

Full history, no login: CSV (1986-01-15 → 2026-10-20) · JSON

Contract facts

(CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE)

Contract unit (CFTC)

Ticker

CBOT

Exchange

020601

CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short 30-Year T-Bond futures?: As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 68,419 contracts in 30-Year T-Bond futures.
What is the leveraged funds position in 30-Year T-Bond futures?: As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, leveraged funds traders are net short 162,757 contracts (169,144 long, 331,901 short) in 30-Year T-Bond futures. The week-by-week table on this page lists the last 26 reports.
How current is this 30-Year T-Bond COT data?: The latest report is dated 2026-10-20 (positions as of that Tuesday's close), published by the CFTC on 2026-10-23. 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 2026-10-20) is free at /data/cot/30-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 020601. Dataset coverage 1986-01-15 → 2026-10-20. Methodology.