E-mini S&P 500 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 16,784 E-mini S&P 500 futures contracts (up 22,154 week-over-week), commercials are net short 106,919, and open interest is 1,939,493 contracts.

-16,784
Large speculators net
-106,919
Commercials net
63.1
COT index (3-year)
1,939,493
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators-16,784+22,154-0.9%100.0100.063.1
Commercials-106,919-14,388-5.5%0.00.030.2
Small traders123,703-7,7666.4%85.780.276.0

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 1997

-210k-140k-70k070k140k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-400k-200k0200k400k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-600k-400k-200k0200k400k600k1997-092001-112006-012010-022014-032018-042022-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials

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

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Dealer/intermediary-732,865-26,088
Asset manager929,159-11,313
Leveraged funds-322,865+42,137
Other reportables2,868+3,030
Small traders123,703-7,766

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-211,939,493-16,784+22,154-106,919-14,388123,703
2026-07-141,941,500-38,938+3,953-92,531-26,068131,469
2026-07-071,969,636-42,891-5,299-66,463+21,271109,354
2026-06-301,967,167-37,592-2,144-87,734-604125,326
2026-06-231,980,254-35,448+158,530-87,130-147,333122,578
2026-06-162,579,920-193,978+11,66660,203-30,457133,775
2026-06-092,203,164-205,644+15,12490,660-19,414114,984
2026-06-022,149,231-220,768-54,937110,074+55,145110,694
2026-05-262,093,621-165,831-25,22654,929+16,121110,902
2026-05-192,068,443-140,605+3,23038,808-9,004101,797
2026-05-122,056,229-143,835-39,95047,812+31,45096,023
2026-05-051,987,685-103,885-2,44516,362+7,41187,523
2026-04-281,959,933-101,440+8,6668,951-9,39692,489
2026-04-211,963,317-110,106+5,65618,347-27,32191,759
2026-04-141,959,076-115,762-70,09645,668+63,19670,094
2026-04-071,929,090-45,666-3,187-17,528+15,37063,194
2026-03-311,947,769-42,479+38,412-32,898-29,57775,377
2026-03-241,879,423-80,891+32,166-3,321-22,44184,212
2026-03-172,330,659-113,057+21,44819,120-38,00293,937
2026-03-101,996,720-134,505+33,71157,122-14,55077,383
2026-03-032,060,733-168,216+25,26771,672+17696,544
2026-02-242,017,196-193,483-15,65271,496+22,607121,987
2026-02-171,966,090-177,831-72,70248,889+61,768128,942
2026-02-101,934,958-105,129+27,812-12,879-24,171118,008
2026-02-031,928,476-132,941-33,15411,292+39,422121,649
2026-01-271,897,461-99,787-18,011-28,130+13,793127,917

Full history, no login: CSV (1997-09-16 → 2026-07-21) · JSON

Contract facts

($50 X S&P 500 INDEX)
Contract unit (CFTC)
ES
Ticker
CME
Exchange
13874A
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short E-mini S&P 500 futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 16,784 contracts in E-mini S&P 500 futures.
How current is this E-mini S&P 500 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 S&P 500 COT history?
The full weekly series (1997-09-16 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/sp500-emini.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 13874A. Dataset coverage 1997-09-16 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.