E-mini Russell 2000 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 short 6,959 E-mini Russell 2000 futures contracts (up 17,721 week-over-week), commercials are net short 2,718, and open interest is 411,524 contracts.

-6,959
Large speculators net
-2,718
Commercials net
72.6
COT index (3-year)
411,524
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-6,959+17,721-1.7%61.776.272.6
Commercials-2,718-15,799-0.7%39.123.728.0
Small traders9,677-1,9222.4%61.445.546.3

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 2002

-80k-40k040k80k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-100k-50k050k100k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-200k-100k0100k200k300k2002-082004-112007-012018-012020-022022-042024-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials

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

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Dealer/intermediary72,106-3,774
Asset manager-890-8,444
Leveraged funds-73,468+14,644
Other reportables-7,425-504
Small traders9,677-1,922

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
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
2026-04-21411,435-15,897-6,56312,181+5,4913,716
2026-04-14404,501-9,334+4,6416,690-5,5202,644
2026-04-07397,438-13,975+3,88712,210-3,4021,765
2026-03-31399,456-17,862+9,42815,612-10,7012,250
2026-03-24404,533-27,290+6,21826,313-5,660977
2026-03-17481,226-33,508-5,87031,973+11,6201,535
2026-03-10402,664-27,638-20,81620,353+20,2377,285
2026-03-03401,236-6,822-3,891116+9,2406,706
2026-02-24396,109-2,931+4,155-9,124-1,72112,055
2026-02-17392,196-7,086-14,147-7,403+14,30714,489
2026-02-10408,0947,061+2,763-21,710-2,27614,649
2026-02-03407,1834,298-8,029-19,434+6,94715,136
2026-01-27416,54712,327-8,236-26,381+5,27314,054

Full history, no login: CSV (2002-08-13 → 2026-07-21) · 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 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 6,959 contracts in E-mini Russell 2000 futures.
How current is this E-mini Russell 2000 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 E-mini Russell 2000 COT history?
The full weekly series (2002-08-13 to 2026-07-21) 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 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.