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MSCI EAFE 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 lean27/100

MSCI EAFE positioning leans bullish - commercials buying (26w index 70).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net short and sit near the top of their 26-week range (COT index 70) - 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 5,793 MSCI EAFE futures contracts (down 7,264 week-over-week), commercials are net short 675, and open interest is 493,553 contracts. Leveraged funds were net short 7,630 contracts as of (down 6,031 week-over-week), holding 41,642 long and 49,272 short.

-5,793
Large speculators net · 52w
-675
Commercials net
61.4
COT index (3-year)
493,553
Open interest
Cite this data 
FuturesBench, "MSCI EAFE COT Report," data as of 2026-10-20.
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-10k010k20k30k2025-102025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-082026-10Large speculatorsCommercials
-60k-30k030k60k2021-112022-072023-042023-122024-092025-052026-022026-10Large speculatorsCommercials
-90k-60k-30k030k60k90k2011-062013-082015-102018-012020-032022-052024-072026-09Large 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-5,793-7,264-1.2%31.944.161.4
Commercials-675+7,117-0.1%70.554.439.1
Small traders6,468+1471.3%43.639.048.0

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-266,151-9,687-53.9%26.226.215.3
Asset manager268,541+15,57554.4%100.097.091.9
Leveraged funds-7,630-6,031-1.5%38.150.448.2
Other reportables-1,228-4-0.2%15.33.478.9
Small traders6,468+1471.3%43.639.048.0

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

MSCI EAFE leveraged funds positions, week by week

Leveraged funds long, short and net position in MSCI EAFE 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
41,64249,272-7,630-6,031268,541-266,151
42,71344,312-1,599-2,081252,966-256,464
44,67444,192482-10,782261,530-271,535
45,97134,70711,264-17,919258,535-277,850
50,87221,68929,183-120249,789-286,878
58,10928,80629,303+5,089248,042-279,793
57,64833,43424,214-2,485253,063-285,207
61,02034,32126,699+4,987243,864-276,422
50,28928,57721,712+7,337245,933-275,110
48,41434,03914,375-863242,454-263,466
42,53927,30115,238+12,801240,428-263,624
39,15836,7212,437+17,385241,926-252,274
36,67651,624-14,948+6,421245,195-238,145
34,09955,468-21,369-5,901245,410-231,247
32,58748,055-15,468-7,492239,810-231,201
34,96342,939-7,976-1,671240,519-240,868
34,04640,351-6,305-6,544238,745-239,120
38,82438,585239+13,059237,728-244,659
36,80649,626-12,820-934238,376-233,144
33,80645,692-11,886+2,126235,308-229,898
32,42846,440-14,012+10,923235,737-227,402
30,24055,175-24,935+5,399239,307-220,357
27,70558,039-30,334-13,548231,916-207,734
27,20243,988-16,786-10,582221,744-210,617
30,72436,928-6,204+10,763218,327-218,147
33,61350,580-16,967-7,236221,992-211,701

Every week back to 2011: MSCI EAFE TFF CSV.

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-10-20493,553-5,793-7,264-675+7,1176,468
2026-10-13480,8911,471-11,559-7,792+13,2286,321
2026-10-06493,23413,030-4,555-21,020+4,0327,990
2026-09-29490,63317,585-13,288-25,052+15,4537,467
2026-09-22487,06330,873+10,009-40,505-15,6229,632
2026-09-15626,48820,864+5,234-24,883+2534,019
2026-09-08477,46115,630-8,217-25,136+6,1469,506
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

Full history, no login: CSV (2011-06-14 → 2026-10-20) · 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 2026-10-20 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 5,793 contracts in MSCI EAFE futures.
What is the leveraged funds position in MSCI EAFE futures?
As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, leveraged funds traders are net short 7,630 contracts (41,642 long, 49,272 short) in MSCI EAFE futures. The week-by-week table on this page lists the last 26 reports.
How current is this MSCI EAFE 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 MSCI EAFE COT history?
The full weekly series (2011-06-14 to 2026-10-20) 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 → 2026-10-20. Methodology.