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Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Idx 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)

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Bullish lean25/100

Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Idx positioning leans bullish - commercials buying (26w index 69).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net long and sit near the top of their 26-week range (COT index 69) - 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 1,167 Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Idx futures contracts (up 852 week-over-week), commercials are net long 53, and open interest is 61,649 contracts. Leveraged funds were net short 1,990 contracts as of (down 1,862 week-over-week), holding 5,792 long and 7,782 short.

-1,167
Large speculators net · 52w
53
Commercials net
39.3
COT index (3-year)
61,649
Open interest
Cite this data 
FuturesBench, "Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Idx COT Report," data as of 2026-10-20.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/dow-jones-u-s-real-estate-idx/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/dow-jones-u-s-real-estate-idx.csv
Net positions since 2018
-15k-10k-5k05k10k2025-102025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-082026-10Large speculatorsCommercials
-15k-10k-5k05k10k2021-112022-072023-042023-122024-092025-052026-022026-10Large speculatorsCommercials
-15k-10k-5k05k10k2018-012019-072020-102021-122023-032024-052025-08Large speculatorsCommercials
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Positioning - as of Tuesday 2026-10-20

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-1,167+852-1.9%36.739.339.3
Commercials53-7980.1%69.066.666.6
Small traders1,114-541.8%0.00.025.6

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

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 categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Dealer/intermediary-41,537+6,220-67.4%53.834.427.9
Asset manager42,413-4,30468.8%77.983.587.4
Leveraged funds-1,990-1,862-3.2%36.540.040.0
Other reportables0+00.0%50.050.041.1
Small traders1,114-541.8%0.00.025.6

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

Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Idx leveraged funds positions, week by week

Leveraged funds long, short and net position in Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Idx 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 dateLeveraged funds longLeveraged funds shortLeveraged funds netWeekly changeAsset managers netDealers net
5,7927,782-1,990-1,86242,413-41,537
6,0966,224-128+6,08546,717-47,757
4,65110,864-6,213+2,22644,008-38,960
4,27412,713-8,439+45442,940-36,186
4,96913,862-8,893-4,61543,356-36,474
7,76912,047-4,278-2,45042,460-40,788
8,75010,578-1,828-1,83536,840-37,996
9,9829,9757+13736,447-38,535
7,2037,333-130-2,34835,275-37,101
6,8034,5852,218-1,06234,037-37,565
6,6103,3303,280-1,76831,957-37,321
8,0703,0225,048+1,80036,555-43,651
7,6254,3773,248+3836,751-42,264
8,0424,8323,210+2,08240,145-45,043
6,9915,8631,128+1,65542,560-46,436
7,0147,541-527+52443,912-45,154
6,9377,988-1,051-99244,684-45,022
6,7836,842-59-5,42740,870-42,812
13,0457,6775,368-1,56739,685-47,428
12,4025,4676,935-2,38035,640-47,013
14,4705,1559,315+1,11032,263-44,501
16,0237,8188,205-1,81333,296-45,165
15,1545,13610,018+2,45429,314-41,789
12,4164,8527,564+3,19727,251-37,307
10,3245,9574,367-1,11434,964-42,463
10,6105,1295,481-1,94336,199-44,764

Every week back to 2018: Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Idx TFF CSV.

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-10-2061,649-1,167+85253-7981,114
2026-10-1366,507-2,019+5,557851-5,5601,168
2026-10-0665,528-7,576+1136,411+4071,165
2026-09-2966,266-7,689+1,1276,004-8011,685
2026-09-2268,802-8,816-4,9426,805+5,5372,011
2026-09-1596,431-3,874-3,6091,268+3,9872,606
2026-09-0869,648-265-1,022-2,719+1192,984
2026-09-0168,205757-331-2,838+2062,081
2026-08-2564,4641,088-2,322-3,044+1,6761,956
2026-08-1861,7233,410-1,340-4,720+2,1141,310
2026-08-1160,8394,750-1,824-6,834+1,7882,084
2026-08-0464,4036,574+1,332-8,622-1,1152,048
2026-07-2864,0215,242+1,342-7,507-1,9192,265
2026-07-2164,6433,900+2,252-5,588-1,1921,688
2026-07-1463,4841,648+1,902-4,396-2,8812,748
2026-07-0767,219-254+957-1,515-1,3371,769
2026-06-3070,083-1,211-2,624-178+3,2361,389
2026-06-2367,3411,413-5,837-3,414+6,2112,001
2026-06-1690,0407,250-1,946-9,625+4,0092,375
2026-06-0975,9039,196-2,853-13,634+1,3384,438
2026-06-0277,42912,049+1,939-14,972-1,1982,923
2026-05-2678,88410,110-1,681-13,774+4743,664
2026-05-1974,16711,791+1,749-14,248-1,7142,457
2026-05-1272,47010,042+3,830-12,534-3,1902,492
2026-05-0570,8686,212-586-9,344+5383,132
2026-04-2869,3816,798-2,557-9,882+1,9033,084

Full history, no login: CSV (2018-01-16 → 2026-10-20) · JSON

Contract facts

($100 X DJ US REAL ESTATE INDEX)
Contract unit (CFTC)
124606
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Idx futures?
As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 1,167 contracts in Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Idx futures.
What is the leveraged funds position in Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Idx futures?
As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, leveraged funds traders are net short 1,990 contracts (5,792 long, 7,782 short) in Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Idx futures. The week-by-week table on this page lists the last 26 reports.
How current is this Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Idx 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 Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Idx COT history?
The full weekly series (2018-01-16 to 2026-10-20) is free at /data/cot/dow-jones-u-s-real-estate-idx.csv - no login, no cap.

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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 124606. Dataset coverage 2018-01-16 → 2026-10-20. Methodology.