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MSCI EM Index 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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Bullish lean34/100

MSCI EM Index positioning leans bullish - commercials buying (26w index 76).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net short and sit near the top of their 26-week range (COT index 76) - 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 36,186 MSCI EM Index futures contracts (up 13,663 week-over-week), commercials are net short 53,838, and open interest is 1,068,186 contracts. Leveraged funds was net long 43,761 contracts as of (up 11,439 week-over-week).

36,186
Large speculators net · 52w
-53,838
Commercials net
45.7
COT index (3-year)
1,068,186
Open interest
Cite this data 
FuturesBench, "MSCI EM Index COT Report," data as of 2026-09-01.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/msci-em-index/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/msci-em-index.csv
Net positions since 2011
-210k-140k-70k070k140k2025-092025-102025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-08Large speculatorsCommercials
-210k-140k-70k070k140k2021-092022-052023-022023-102024-072025-042025-122026-09Large speculatorsCommercials
-300k-200k-100k0100k200k300k2011-062013-082015-102017-122020-022022-042024-062026-08Large 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 speculators36,186+13,6633.4%30.316.045.7
Commercials-53,838-7,684-5.0%75.787.155.9
Small traders17,652-5,9791.7%10.012.734.6

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 2026-09-01

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Dealer/intermediary-574,672-2,313-53.8%0.125.715.0
Asset manager534,948-4,88850.1%94.981.381.5
Leveraged funds43,761+11,4394.1%66.739.846.5
Other reportables-21,689+1,741-2.0%34.425.533.5
Small traders17,652-5,9791.7%10.012.734.6

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
2026-09-011,068,18636,186+13,663-53,838-7,68417,652
2026-08-251,073,45922,523-9,217-46,154+9,23823,631
2026-08-181,056,80331,740-186-55,392+8723,652
2026-08-111,052,22631,926+19,365-55,479-20,77023,553
2026-08-041,060,93812,561-1,970-34,709-17622,148
2026-07-281,057,71314,531-18,891-34,533+18,50720,002
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

Full history, no login: CSV (2011-06-14 → 2026-09-01) · 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 2026-09-01 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 36,186 contracts in MSCI EM Index futures.
How current is this MSCI EM Index 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 EM Index COT history?
The full weekly series (2011-06-14 to 2026-09-01) 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 → 2026-09-01. Methodology.