E-Mini S&P Consu Staples Index 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 long 385 E-Mini S&P Consu Staples Index futures contracts (down 1,056 week-over-week), commercials are net short 699, and open interest is 16,329 contracts.

385
Large speculators net
-699
Commercials net
76.8
COT index (3-year)
16,329
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators385-1,0562.4%34.074.976.8
Commercials-699+1,214-4.3%71.133.332.1
Small traders314-1581.9%44.144.135.5

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 2017

-21k-14k-7k07k14k2025-072025-082025-102025-122026-012026-032026-042026-06Large speculatorsCommercials
-16k-8k08k16k2018-092021-052022-062023-082024-042025-012025-102026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-16k-8k08k16k2017-092019-072021-082023-022024-012024-102025-092026-07Large speculatorsCommercials

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

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Dealer/intermediary3,280+547
Asset manager-3,170+584
Leveraged funds-424-973
Other reportables0+0
Small traders314-158

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-2116,329385-1,056-699+1,214314
2026-07-0718,3901,441+4,081-1,913-4,085472
2026-06-1625,023-2,640-2562,172-293468
2026-06-0926,592-2,384-3142,465+107-81
2026-06-0225,263-2,070+6452,358-338-288
2026-05-2624,538-2,715-1962,696-9719
2026-05-1924,687-2,519+1712,793-92-274
2026-05-1224,488-2,690-2,1032,885+2,544-195
2026-05-0524,940-587-108341-293246
2026-04-2825,506-479+179634+40-155
2026-04-2125,609-658-2,794594+3,34564
2026-04-1427,5102,136+3,458-2,751-3,285615
2026-04-0722,487-1,322-828534+323788
2026-03-3122,162-494-2,825211+3,251283
2026-03-2427,1632,331-4,073-3,040+3,771709
2026-03-1745,3096,404+2,076-6,811-2,131407
2026-03-1025,6644,328-268-4,680+650352
2026-03-0324,7094,596+123-5,330+4,200734
2026-02-2427,6654,473+390-9,530-4,7065,057
2026-02-1727,2014,083+2,802-4,824-6,973741
2026-02-1028,7271,281+8202,149+3,392-3,430
2026-02-0324,416461+1,473-1,243-1,611782
2026-01-2723,071-1,012+682368-781644
2026-01-2026,128-1,694+7691,149-1,061545
2026-01-1330,585-2,463-1,3582,210+2,094253
2026-01-0632,872-1,105-523116+64989

Full history, no login: CSV (2017-09-12 → 2026-07-21) · JSON

Contract facts

($100 x S&P Select Sector Consumer Stapl
Contract unit (CFTC)
138748
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short E-Mini S&P Consu Staples Index futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 385 contracts in E-Mini S&P Consu Staples Index futures.
How current is this E-Mini S&P Consu Staples Index 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 E-Mini S&P Consu Staples Index COT history?
The full weekly series (2017-09-12 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/e-mini-s-and-p-consu-staples-index.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 138748. Dataset coverage 2017-09-12 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.