E-mini Dow ($5) 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)
E-mini Dow ($5) positioning is mixed - commercials buying (26w index 57).
How this read is built
- Commercials (hedgers) are net short and sit in the middle of their 26-week range (COT index 57) - 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 long 6,725 E-mini Dow ($5) futures contracts (down 1,411 week-over-week), commercials are net short 8,113, and open interest is 90,022 contracts. Leveraged funds were net short 1,967 contracts as of (down 4,776 week-over-week), holding 13,511 long and 15,478 short.
Cite this data
FuturesBench, "E-mini Dow ($5) COT Report," data as of 2026-10-20. https://futuresbench.com/cot/dow-emini/#net-position Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain). CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/dow-emini.csv
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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 | 6,725 | -1,411 | 7.5% | 53.3 | 67.5 | 71.2 |
| Commercials | -8,113 | +4,344 | -9.0% | 56.6 | 41.1 | 26.5 |
| Small traders | 1,388 | -2,933 | 1.5% | 0.0 | 2.8 | 51.3 |
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
- Small traders net position fell by 2,933 contracts to 1,388 (67.9% w/w) - the largest weekly change since 2026-06-16.
- Commercials raised their net position for a 11th consecutive week.
- Large speculators reduced their net position for a 7th consecutive week.
- Small traders reduced their net position for a 4th consecutive week.
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 | -13,153 | +5,296 | -14.6% | 23.4 | 23.4 | 27.7 |
| Asset manager | 13,066 | +2,193 | 14.5% | 75.5 | 75.5 | 72.4 |
| Leveraged funds | -1,967 | -4,776 | -2.2% | 72.7 | 83.1 | 51.2 |
| Other reportables | 666 | +220 | 0.7% | 100.0 | 100.0 | 91.6 |
| Small traders | 1,388 | -2,933 | 1.5% | 0.0 | 2.8 | 51.3 |
Full Traders in Financial Futures report history: CSV · switch the chart above to this report family for the full series.
E-mini Dow ($5) leveraged funds positions, week by week
Leveraged funds long, short and net position in E-mini Dow ($5) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13,511 | 15,478 | -1,967 | -4,776 | 13,066 | -13,153 | |
| 14,651 | 11,842 | 2,809 | +6,976 | 10,873 | -18,449 | |
| 13,661 | 17,828 | -4,167 | +1,289 | 19,622 | -21,854 | |
| 9,498 | 14,954 | -5,456 | -1,347 | 14,935 | -15,756 | |
| 9,520 | 13,629 | -4,109 | -1,672 | 14,217 | -16,895 | |
| 9,139 | 11,576 | -2,437 | +1,822 | 7,934 | -9,521 | |
| 9,906 | 14,165 | -4,259 | -2,528 | 8,591 | -8,645 | |
| 10,471 | 12,202 | -1,731 | -96 | 5,527 | -7,314 | |
| 9,874 | 11,509 | -1,635 | -3,670 | 5,512 | -9,495 | |
| 13,568 | 11,533 | 2,035 | +3,242 | 2,461 | -11,036 | |
| 11,145 | 12,352 | -1,207 | +1,906 | 8,029 | -13,402 | |
| 15,439 | 18,552 | -3,113 | -1,919 | 8,603 | -11,236 | |
| 11,725 | 12,919 | -1,194 | +2,257 | 6,165 | -11,551 | |
| 12,695 | 16,146 | -3,451 | -673 | 4,991 | -9,457 | |
| 10,010 | 12,788 | -2,778 | -972 | 5,613 | -8,612 | |
| 12,114 | 13,920 | -1,806 | +8,172 | 5,782 | -7,800 | |
| 9,359 | 19,337 | -9,978 | -953 | 10,235 | -6,576 | |
| 8,391 | 17,416 | -9,025 | +1,233 | 6,516 | -3,962 | |
| 8,078 | 18,336 | -10,258 | -2,612 | 7,801 | -6,070 | |
| 11,160 | 18,806 | -7,646 | +4,098 | -689 | 3,347 | |
| 9,601 | 21,345 | -11,744 | +2,065 | 895 | 5,329 | |
| 7,731 | 21,540 | -13,809 | -2,222 | 712 | 7,671 | |
| 9,324 | 20,911 | -11,587 | +1,042 | -7,189 | 15,274 | |
| 9,575 | 22,204 | -12,629 | +2,068 | -1,956 | 10,689 | |
| 8,819 | 23,516 | -14,697 | -2,438 | 2,638 | 5,723 | |
| 7,413 | 19,672 | -12,259 | -2,275 | 2,718 | 4,098 |
Every week back to 2006: E-mini Dow ($5) TFF CSV.
Recent history
| Report date | Open interest | Large spec net | Δ | Commercial net | Δ | Small trader net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | 90,022 | 6,725 | -1,411 | -8,113 | +4,344 | 1,388 |
| 2026-10-13 | 90,364 | 8,136 | -1,355 | -12,457 | +2,890 | 4,321 |
| 2026-10-06 | 95,576 | 9,491 | -353 | -15,347 | +481 | 5,856 |
| 2026-09-29 | 88,098 | 9,844 | -226 | -15,828 | +484 | 5,984 |
| 2026-09-22 | 88,087 | 10,070 | -4,833 | -16,312 | +2,626 | 6,242 |
| 2026-09-15 | 101,191 | 14,903 | -1,423 | -18,938 | +1,642 | 4,035 |
| 2026-09-08 | 89,114 | 16,326 | -1,002 | -20,580 | +267 | 4,254 |
| 2026-09-01 | 86,927 | 17,328 | +1,771 | -20,847 | +323 | 3,519 |
| 2026-08-25 | 88,454 | 15,557 | -2,124 | -21,170 | +2,852 | 5,613 |
| 2026-08-18 | 90,072 | 17,681 | -794 | -24,022 | +788 | 6,341 |
| 2026-08-11 | 89,844 | 18,475 | -1,576 | -24,810 | +769 | 6,335 |
| 2026-08-04 | 91,653 | 20,051 | +3,712 | -25,579 | -2,878 | 5,528 |
| 2026-07-28 | 83,013 | 16,339 | +2,412 | -22,701 | -1,097 | 6,362 |
| 2026-07-21 | 82,002 | 13,927 | +723 | -21,604 | -2,868 | 7,677 |
| 2026-07-14 | 76,483 | 13,204 | +1,724 | -18,736 | -3,661 | 5,532 |
| 2026-07-07 | 79,726 | 11,480 | -589 | -15,075 | +3,094 | 3,595 |
| 2026-06-30 | 83,306 | 12,069 | +2,595 | -18,169 | -2,470 | 6,100 |
| 2026-06-23 | 78,956 | 9,474 | +6,607 | -15,699 | -4,913 | 6,225 |
| 2026-06-16 | 103,128 | 2,867 | +4,886 | -10,786 | -7,871 | 7,919 |
| 2026-06-09 | 79,613 | -2,019 | +2,438 | -2,915 | -1,924 | 4,934 |
| 2026-06-02 | 81,760 | -4,457 | +3,305 | -991 | -3,395 | 5,448 |
| 2026-05-26 | 81,105 | -7,762 | +729 | 2,404 | -2,852 | 5,358 |
| 2026-05-19 | 82,825 | -8,491 | -5,602 | 5,256 | +5,971 | 3,235 |
| 2026-05-12 | 81,940 | -2,889 | -1,715 | -715 | +4,447 | 3,604 |
| 2026-05-05 | 78,430 | -1,174 | +1,116 | -5,162 | -2,009 | 6,336 |
| 2026-04-28 | 74,874 | -2,290 | +707 | -3,153 | -306 | 5,443 |
Full history, no login: CSV (2002-05-21 → 2026-10-20) · JSON
Contract facts
FAQ
- Are large speculators long or short E-mini Dow ($5) futures?
- As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 6,725 contracts in E-mini Dow ($5) futures.
- What is the leveraged funds position in E-mini Dow ($5) futures?
- As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, leveraged funds traders are net short 1,967 contracts (13,511 long, 15,478 short) in E-mini Dow ($5) futures. The week-by-week table on this page lists the last 26 reports.
- How current is this E-mini Dow ($5) 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 E-mini Dow ($5) COT history?
- The full weekly series (2002-05-21 to 2026-10-20) is free at /data/cot/dow-emini.csv - no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 124603. Dataset coverage 2002-05-21 → 2026-10-20. Methodology.