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Ether 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 lean42/100

Ether positioning leans bullish - commercials buying (26w index 82).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net short and sit near the top of their 26-week range (COT index 82) - 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 1,947 Ether futures contracts (down 460 week-over-week), commercials are net short 2,227, and open interest is 28,344 contracts. Leveraged funds were net short 5,128 contracts as of (up 1,155 week-over-week), holding 3,323 long and 8,451 short.

1,947
Large speculators net · 52w
-2,227
Commercials net
51.2
COT index (3-year)
28,344
Open interest
Cite this data
FuturesBench, "Ether COT Report," data as of 2026-10-20.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/ether/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/ether.csv
Net positions since 2021
-6k-4k-2k02k4k6k2025-102025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-082026-10Large speculatorsCommercials
-6k-4k-2k02k4k6k2021-112022-072023-042023-122024-092025-052026-022026-10Large speculatorsCommercials
-6k-4k-2k02k4k6k2021-042022-012022-112023-082024-052025-032025-122026-10Large 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 speculators1,947-4606.9%31.231.251.2
Commercials-2,227+387-7.9%81.881.848.6
Small traders280+731.0%29.629.629.6

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

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/intermediary7,550-75026.6%10.321.245.2
Asset manager-1,306-635-4.6%46.536.324.6
Leveraged funds-5,128+1,155-18.1%81.586.075.6
Other reportables-1,396+157-4.9%9.28.358.6
Small traders280+731.0%29.629.629.6

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

Ether leveraged funds positions, week by week

Leveraged funds long, short and net position in Ether 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
3,3238,451-5,128+1,155-1,3067,550
2,9279,210-6,283+1,666-6718,300
3,34411,293-7,949+134-5899,088
3,38711,470-8,083+2,534-1,1979,885
2,60313,220-10,617-2,895-1,49212,372
3,29311,015-7,722-436-1,92010,571
3,09610,382-7,286-1,961-1,6539,403
3,8219,146-5,325+3,060-1,4347,358
1,94910,334-8,385-3,990-2,20311,230
2,9797,374-4,395-397-3,0767,528
3,5587,556-3,998-793-3,1197,402
2,9236,128-3,205+2,191-3,6196,996
1,8287,224-5,396+1,657-3,4729,038
2,2239,276-7,053+908-2,4209,163
2,91410,875-7,961-652-1,4069,175
2,4889,797-7,309-2,618-2,1099,451
4,6689,359-4,691+286-3,0388,137
5,61710,594-4,977+1,775-3,0168,255
4,85511,607-6,752-2,101-2,3149,105
7,37012,021-4,651-330-3,2428,101
7,16111,482-4,321+3,183-3,3038,733
6,21213,716-7,504+831-1,59210,333
5,90714,242-8,335+2,069-1,50010,018
4,37214,776-10,404+3,189-5368,316
2,33015,923-13,593-1,9521,36011,777
2,14213,783-11,641-95844511,292

Every week back to 2021: Ether TFF CSV.

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-10-2028,3441,947-460-2,227+387280
2026-10-1325,5432,407+130-2,614+173207
2026-10-0627,6812,277-459-2,787+468510
2026-09-2927,3922,736+377-3,255-140519
2026-09-2229,9852,359-796-3,115+234756
2026-09-1528,4133,155+485-3,349-198194
2026-09-0826,5642,670+1,057-3,151-1,081481
2026-09-0124,6191,613-1,302-2,070+890457
2026-08-2526,8682,915-1,418-2,960+1,56845
2026-08-1822,6844,333-948-4,528+856195
2026-08-1121,9705,281+208-5,384-159103
2026-08-0420,4315,073-14-5,225-30152
2026-07-2823,8535,087+1,172-5,195-845108
2026-07-2123,6673,915+743-4,350-922435
2026-07-1422,5393,172-736-3,428+621256
2026-07-0721,7463,908-11-4,049-51141
2026-06-3021,4753,919+8-3,998-479
2026-06-2326,0073,911+419-3,994-44783
2026-06-1626,1103,492-290-3,547+37155
2026-06-0925,1383,782-835-3,918+114136
2026-06-0225,5164,617+59-4,032-374-585
2026-05-2630,8564,558+990-3,658+183-900
2026-05-1933,0623,568+3,132-3,841-315273
2026-05-1231,749436-793-3,526-2,0023,090
2026-05-0530,4081,229-1,312-1,524+1,193295
2026-04-2827,7772,541+412-2,717-274176

Full history, no login: CSV (2021-04-06 → 2026-10-20) · JSON

Contract facts

(50 Index Points)
Contract unit (CFTC)
ETH
Ticker
CME
Exchange
146021
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Ether futures?
As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 1,947 contracts in Ether futures.
What is the leveraged funds position in Ether futures?
As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, leveraged funds traders are net short 5,128 contracts (3,323 long, 8,451 short) in Ether futures. The week-by-week table on this page lists the last 26 reports.
How current is this Ether 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 Ether COT history?
The full weekly series (2021-04-06 to 2026-10-20) is free at /data/cot/ether.csv - no login, no cap.

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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 146021. Dataset coverage 2021-04-06 → 2026-10-20. Methodology.