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E-mini Russell 2000 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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Mixed / neutral7/100

E-mini Russell 2000 positioning is mixed - commercials selling (26w index 45).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net long and sit in the middle of their 26-week range (COT index 45) - a bearish 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 41,909 E-mini Russell 2000 futures contracts (up 19,094 week-over-week), commercials are net long 34,521, and open interest is 466,789 contracts. Leveraged funds were net short 53,035 contracts as of (up 38,612 week-over-week), holding 125,748 long and 178,783 short.

-41,909
Large speculators net · 52w
34,521
Commercials net
43.9
COT index (3-year)
466,789
Open interest
Cite this data 
FuturesBench, "E-mini Russell 2000 COT Report," data as of 2026-10-20.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/russell-2000-emini/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/russell-2000-emini.csv
Net positions since 2002
-90k-60k-30k030k60k90k2025-102025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-082026-10Large speculatorsCommercials
-100k-50k050k100k2021-112022-072023-042023-122024-092025-052026-022026-10Large speculatorsCommercials
-200k-100k0100k200k300k2002-082004-112007-012018-022020-042022-062024-082026-10Large speculatorsCommercials
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Reporting gap: the CFTC published no data for this contract code between and (about 465 weeks) - typically an exchange migration or relisting, when the contract traded under a different code. The chart breaks across the gap rather than drawing a line through it, and the series resumes afterward. Why this happens.

Positioning - as of Tuesday 2026-10-20

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-41,909+19,094-9.0%56.842.443.9
Commercials34,521-13,8577.4%44.959.156.8
Small traders7,388-5,2371.6%50.533.537.3

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/intermediary23,003-34,5004.9%0.045.169.9
Asset manager30,960+1,4326.6%76.562.126.3
Leveraged funds-53,035+38,612-11.4%100.059.147.3
Other reportables-8,316-307-1.8%31.731.048.7
Small traders7,388-5,2371.6%50.533.537.3

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

E-mini Russell 2000 leveraged funds positions, week by week

Leveraged funds long, short and net position in E-mini Russell 2000 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
125,748178,783-53,035+38,61230,96023,003
101,532193,179-91,647+13,67029,52857,503
83,927189,244-105,317+9,23745,49561,393
78,186192,740-114,554-6,57239,76877,691
75,471183,453-107,982-10,77933,02875,744
77,165174,368-97,203+12,94424,27380,602
59,759169,906-110,147-64823,56489,619
52,898162,397-109,499-11,79917,49896,593
50,922148,622-97,700+2,08612,33183,908
49,530149,316-99,786-4,62814,35486,131
48,415143,573-95,158-10,01310,13090,694
51,445136,590-85,145-10,5256,19879,913
57,742132,362-74,620-1,15295274,514
55,341128,809-73,468+14,644-89072,106
46,377134,489-88,112-15,8507,55475,880
61,732133,994-72,262+12,096-36670,096
62,555146,913-84,358-27,9307,83172,099
64,355120,783-56,428+28,1425,36551,153
38,733123,303-84,570-10,11614,80868,383
55,435129,889-74,454-1,114-16,31585,962
54,239127,579-73,340-5,128-10,13483,980
62,158130,370-68,212-783-6,08268,836
63,365130,794-67,429-6,798-2,07364,332
79,980140,611-60,631-5,277-9,34866,123
83,960139,314-55,354+9,921-14,85465,221
69,262134,537-65,275-9,45719,84749,788

Every week back to 2006: E-mini Russell 2000 TFF CSV.

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-10-20466,789-41,909+19,09434,521-13,8577,388
2026-10-13444,784-61,003+26,84248,378-31,90612,625
2026-10-06425,152-87,845-10,40580,284+10,0727,561
2026-09-29428,048-77,440-1,65770,212+1,8227,228
2026-09-22415,047-75,783-3,43368,390-2937,393
2026-09-15496,762-72,350+10,48568,683-8,4473,667
2026-09-08431,147-82,835-11,17277,130+9,0295,705
2026-09-01424,663-71,663-20,08568,101+25,1883,562
2026-08-25413,000-51,578-9,36342,913+8,0068,665
2026-08-18424,956-42,215+8934,907+4777,308
2026-08-11419,222-42,304-7,57734,430+10,1217,874
2026-08-04417,259-34,727-18,45824,309+14,88810,418
2026-07-28417,083-16,269-9,3109,421+12,1396,848
2026-07-21411,524-6,959+17,721-2,718-15,7999,677
2026-07-14405,743-24,680+6,32913,081-8,33311,599
2026-07-07406,632-31,009-5,44121,414+7,5449,595
2026-06-30399,628-25,568+1,27013,870-3,30211,698
2026-06-23386,817-26,838-6,58917,172+7,5629,666
2026-06-16492,996-20,249+17,7179,610-24,47110,639
2026-06-09397,144-37,966-23,04234,081+22,1603,885
2026-06-02413,739-14,924+1,00511,921+1,8363,003
2026-05-26424,698-15,929+5,11910,085-5,4255,844
2026-05-19421,242-21,048-7,93315,510+5,5235,538
2026-05-12429,290-13,115-3,9669,987+2,8763,128
2026-05-05427,367-9,149+7,9397,111-7,7322,038
2026-04-28412,001-17,088-1,19114,843+2,6622,245

Full history, no login: CSV (2002-08-13 → 2026-10-20) · JSON

Contract facts

(RUSSEL 2000 INDEX X $50)
Contract unit (CFTC)
RTY
Ticker
CME
Exchange
239742
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short E-mini Russell 2000 futures?
As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 41,909 contracts in E-mini Russell 2000 futures.
What is the leveraged funds position in E-mini Russell 2000 futures?
As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, leveraged funds traders are net short 53,035 contracts (125,748 long, 178,783 short) in E-mini Russell 2000 futures. The week-by-week table on this page lists the last 26 reports.
How current is this E-mini Russell 2000 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 E-mini Russell 2000 COT history?
The full weekly series (2002-08-13 to 2026-10-20) is free at /data/cot/russell-2000-emini.csv - no login, no cap.

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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 239742. Dataset coverage 2002-08-13 → 2026-10-20. Methodology.