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MSCI EAFE COT Report

CFTC Commitments of Traders · positions as of Tuesday 2026-09-01, released Sep 4, 2026 (the CFTC reports each Tuesday's close three days later) · next release Sep 11, 2026 (regular cycle; see the release schedule for holiday shifts)

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Bearish tilt88/100

MSCI EAFE positioning leans bearish - commercials selling (26w index 2), speculators crowded long (3y index 94).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net short and sit near the bottom of their 26-week range (COT index 2) - a bearish tilt in the traditional read.
  • Large speculators are net long near the top of their 3-year range (index 94) - a crowded long, which historically leans bearish for the setup.

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 23,847 MSCI EAFE futures contracts (up 4,637 week-over-week), commercials are net short 31,282, and open interest is 467,918 contracts. Leveraged funds was net long 26,699 contracts as of (up 4,987 week-over-week).

23,847
Large speculators net · 52w
-31,282
Commercials net
94.1
COT index (3-year)
467,918
Open interest
Cite this data 
FuturesBench, "MSCI EAFE COT Report," data as of 2026-09-01.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/msci-eafe/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/msci-eafe.csv
Net positions since 2011
-40k-30k-20k-10k010k20k30k2025-092025-102025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-08Large speculatorsCommercials
-60k-30k030k60k2021-092022-052023-022023-102024-072025-042025-122026-09Large speculatorsCommercials
-90k-60k-30k030k60k90k2011-062013-082015-102017-122020-022022-042024-062026-08Large speculatorsCommercials
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Positioning - as of Tuesday 2026-09-01

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators23,847+4,6375.1%100.091.494.1
Commercials-31,282-3,778-6.7%1.511.88.5
Small traders7,435-8591.6%64.847.555.2

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 2026-09-01

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Dealer/intermediary-276,422-1,312-59.1%0.00.00.0
Asset manager243,864-2,06952.1%53.363.771.3
Leveraged funds26,699+4,9875.7%100.0100.092.3
Other reportables-1,576-747-0.3%0.00.078.4
Small traders7,435-8591.6%64.847.555.2

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

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-09-01467,91823,847+4,637-31,282-3,7787,435
2026-08-25455,44819,210+7,264-27,504-7,6848,294
2026-08-18451,18411,946-4,828-19,820+6,4877,874
2026-08-11447,01316,774+7,189-26,307-7,3369,533
2026-08-04443,9939,585+11,566-18,971-13,0149,386
2026-07-28449,123-1,981+6,130-5,957-6,8227,938
2026-07-21442,182-8,111-9,910865+9,5597,246
2026-07-14444,7011,799-690-8,694+2,0526,895
2026-07-07446,4922,489-1,237-10,746-4088,257
2026-06-30442,9823,726-1,700-10,338+2,4386,612
2026-06-23449,8805,426+10,990-12,776-10,0847,350
2026-06-16574,165-5,564-8,600-2,692+7,4848,256
2026-06-09474,2463,036+7,128-10,176-7,9227,140
2026-06-02470,563-4,092+13,655-2,254-13,2176,346
2026-05-26474,956-17,747+5,18210,963-5,0156,784
2026-05-19470,347-22,929-10,97015,978+10,4086,951
2026-05-12451,198-11,959-7,6315,570+8,0096,389
2026-05-05454,281-4,328+16,157-2,439-16,0236,767
2026-04-28458,047-20,485-10,54513,584+11,0656,901
2026-04-21453,706-9,940-5,8822,519+4,7047,421
2026-04-14460,246-4,058+4,856-2,185-3,3496,243
2026-04-07491,348-8,914+25,8461,164-31,5817,750
2026-03-31468,971-34,760-17,79432,745+23,8382,015
2026-03-24458,467-16,966-22,7268,907+23,6368,059
2026-03-17578,2225,760-16,124-14,729+17,5308,969
2026-03-10426,69821,884-110-32,259-94610,375

Full history, no login: CSV (2011-06-14 → 2026-09-01) · JSON

Contract facts

(MSCI EAFE INDEX X $50)
Contract unit (CFTC)
244041
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short MSCI EAFE futures?
As of the 2026-09-01 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 23,847 contracts in MSCI EAFE futures.
How current is this MSCI EAFE COT data?
The latest report is dated 2026-09-01 (positions as of that Tuesday's close), published by the CFTC on 2026-09-04. This page updates within minutes of each weekly release.
Where can I download MSCI EAFE COT history?
The full weekly series (2011-06-14 to 2026-09-01) is free at /data/cot/msci-eafe.csv - no login, no cap.

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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 244041. Dataset coverage 2011-06-14 → 2026-09-01. Methodology.