MSCI EM 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 33,422 MSCI EM Index futures contracts (down 8,391 week-over-week), commercials are net short 53,040, and open interest is 1,050,989 contracts.

33,422
Large speculators net
-53,040
Commercials net
44.5
COT index (3-year)
1,050,989
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators33,422-8,3913.2%21.713.544.5
Commercials-53,040+9,607-5.0%87.392.056.2
Small traders19,618-1,2161.9%19.920.340.3

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 2011

-210k-140k-70k070k140k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-210k-140k-70k070k140k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-300k-200k-100k0100k200k300k2011-062013-082015-092017-112020-012022-032024-042026-06Large speculatorsCommercials

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

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Dealer/intermediary-499,279+3,043
Asset manager500,164+5,713
Leveraged funds3,489-10,540
Other reportables-23,992+3,000
Small traders19,618-1,216

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-211,050,98933,422-8,391-53,040+9,60719,618
2026-07-141,069,00641,813-37,906-62,647+37,93020,834
2026-07-071,062,75479,719-10,926-100,577+13,51820,858
2026-06-301,055,00990,645+29,211-114,095-29,80723,450
2026-06-231,091,51561,434+19,140-84,288-19,47222,854
2026-06-161,421,97042,294-14,801-64,816+11,58122,522
2026-06-091,175,20957,095-23,119-76,397+27,15019,302
2026-06-021,186,34880,214+19,513-103,547-17,19923,333
2026-05-261,172,32960,701-2,733-86,348+75525,647
2026-05-191,160,95563,434-3,616-87,103+3,86323,669
2026-05-121,136,98367,050+13,107-90,966-16,91723,916
2026-05-051,139,25953,943+23,558-74,049-23,11120,106
2026-04-281,119,38430,385-2,680-50,938+3,53320,553
2026-04-211,109,34033,065+19,435-54,471-12,78621,406
2026-04-141,116,05813,630-7,211-41,685+14,73728,055
2026-04-071,127,44920,841-1,039-56,422-10,20235,581
2026-03-311,116,85121,880-59,710-46,220+51,03324,340
2026-03-241,124,24081,590+28,461-97,253-22,11415,663
2026-03-171,371,60253,129-5,922-75,139+1,51022,010
2026-03-101,157,56959,051-22,204-76,649+31,78517,598
2026-03-031,180,64081,255+64,084-108,434-66,07327,179
2026-02-241,212,55317,171-18,173-42,361+20,33425,190
2026-02-171,182,91335,344-36,365-62,695+34,64827,351
2026-02-101,166,72371,709-25,911-97,343+25,23625,634
2026-02-031,174,07397,620-7,189-122,579+8,85324,959
2026-01-271,188,227104,809-16,624-131,432+14,00726,623

Full history, no login: CSV (2011-06-14 → 2026-07-21) · JSON

Contract facts

(MSCI Emerging Markets Index x $50)
Contract unit (CFTC)
244042
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short MSCI EM Index futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 33,422 contracts in MSCI EM Index futures.
How current is this MSCI EM 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 MSCI EM Index COT history?
The full weekly series (2011-06-14 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/msci-em-index.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 244042. Dataset coverage 2011-06-14 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.