E-Mini S&P Energy 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 short 1,956 E-Mini S&P Energy Index futures contracts (down 499 week-over-week), commercials are net short 1,758, and open interest is 24,133 contracts.

-1,956
Large speculators net
-1,758
Commercials net
63.5
COT index (3-year)
24,133
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-1,956-499-8.1%38.738.763.5
Commercials-1,758-817-7.3%44.633.528.1
Small traders3,714+1,31615.4%100.085.585.5

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

-6k-4k-2k02k4k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-24k-16k-8k08k16k24k2021-072022-042022-122023-092024-052025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-24k-16k-8k08k16k24k2017-122019-042020-112022-012023-022024-032025-052026-06Large speculatorsCommercials

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

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Dealer/intermediary-16,473-582
Asset manager15,127+259
Leveraged funds-2,368-993
Other reportables0+0
Small traders3,714+1,316

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-2124,133-1,956-499-1,758-8173,714
2026-07-1421,903-1,457-257-941-1812,398
2026-07-0722,583-1,200-2,757-760+2,1461,960
2026-06-3023,1171,557-1,854-2,906+1,9931,349
2026-06-2325,1493,411-413-4,899-2,8241,488
2026-06-1638,4983,824+7,238-2,075-2,882-1,749
2026-06-0929,354-3,414+405807-322,607
2026-06-0227,902-3,819+1,792839-1,3022,980
2026-05-2631,707-5,611-232,141+1663,470
2026-05-1932,289-5,588-2,6481,975+2,2933,613
2026-05-1228,293-2,940+41-318-2313,258
2026-05-0528,815-2,981+501-87-1,0233,068
2026-04-2826,622-3,482-4,725936+4,6502,546
2026-04-2124,0711,243+661-3,714-2132,471
2026-04-1423,768582-1,622-3,501+9102,919
2026-04-0726,4502,204-488-4,411+1702,207
2026-03-3125,4442,692+83-4,581+2111,889
2026-03-2422,5182,609+2,380-4,792-2,3642,183
2026-03-1727,211229+1,322-2,428-7532,199
2026-03-1021,671-1,093-345-1,675-1492,768
2026-03-0321,031-748-4-1,526+272,274
2026-02-2421,923-744+481-1,553-1,3862,297
2026-02-1721,420-1,225-2,151-167+2,0651,392
2026-02-1020,009926-1,444-2,232+1,5171,306
2026-02-0320,0442,370+461-3,749-3301,379
2026-01-2719,8601,909-290-3,419-1421,510

Full history, no login: CSV (2017-12-05 → 2026-07-21) · JSON

Contract facts

($100 x S&P Select Sector Energy Index p
Contract unit (CFTC)
138749
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short E-Mini S&P Energy Index futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 1,956 contracts in E-Mini S&P Energy Index futures.
How current is this E-Mini S&P Energy 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 Energy Index COT history?
The full weekly series (2017-12-05 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/e-mini-s-and-p-energy-index.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 138749. Dataset coverage 2017-12-05 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.