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Ultra T-Bond 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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Mixed / neutral3/100

Ultra T-Bond positioning is mixed - commercials mid-range (26w index 48).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net long and sit in the middle of their 26-week range (COT index 48) - a neutral 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 369,311 Ultra T-Bond futures contracts (up 36,734 week-over-week), commercials are net long 317,768, and open interest is 2,398,572 contracts. Leveraged funds was net short 878,489 contracts as of (down 29,501 week-over-week).

-369,311
Large speculators net · 52w
317,768
Commercials net
21.8
COT index (3-year)
2,398,572
Open interest
Cite this data 
FuturesBench, "Ultra T-Bond COT Report," data as of 2026-09-01.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/ultra-treasury-bond/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/ultra-treasury-bond.csv
Net positions since 2010
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-400k-200k0200k400k2021-092022-052023-022023-102024-072025-042025-122026-09Large speculatorsCommercials
-400k-200k0200k400k2010-032012-072014-112017-032019-082021-122024-042026-09Large 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 speculators-369,311+36,734-15.4%22.021.121.8
Commercials317,768-80,06213.2%47.757.365.5
Small traders51,543+43,3282.1%100.0100.068.1

Net = long − short (spread positions cancel). COT index: 0 = most net-short of the lookback, 100 = most net-long. How it's computed.

This week in numbers

Every sentence above is computed from the stored series - no commentary, no forecasts.

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-237,363+4,464-9.9%57.059.036.5
Asset manager1,021,079-38,17442.6%0.058.070.6
Leveraged funds-878,489-29,501-36.6%56.517.212.8
Other reportables43,230+19,8831.8%100.0100.0100.0
Small traders51,543+43,3282.1%100.0100.068.1

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
2026-09-012,398,572-369,311+36,734317,768-80,06251,543
2026-08-252,968,853-406,045-59,321397,830+47,7148,215
2026-08-182,493,394-346,724-19,941350,116+24,857-3,392
2026-08-112,416,703-326,783-11,798325,259+13,7021,524
2026-08-042,436,891-314,985+5,723311,557-2463,428
2026-07-282,462,300-320,708+642311,803+18,3338,905
2026-07-212,446,567-321,350+3,057293,470+10,20027,880
2026-07-142,457,402-324,407-16,588283,270+7,77941,137
2026-07-072,436,549-307,819-21,150275,491+30,87732,328
2026-06-302,456,625-286,669+31,431244,614-49,57942,055
2026-06-232,479,290-318,100+3,727294,193-19,54023,907
2026-06-162,472,776-321,827-3,096313,733-6,5028,094
2026-06-092,399,575-318,731-31,021320,235+24,231-1,504
2026-06-022,354,254-287,710-27,868296,004+24,050-8,294
2026-05-262,533,780-259,842-5,378271,954+7,808-12,112
2026-05-192,534,806-254,464-15,470264,146+10,772-9,682
2026-05-122,354,986-238,994+20,441253,374-15,512-14,380
2026-05-052,300,078-259,435+34,850268,886-19,091-9,451
2026-04-282,310,976-294,285+6,002287,977-9,2726,308
2026-04-212,274,864-300,287+536297,249+1,3753,038
2026-04-142,279,418-300,823-40,440295,874+34,4814,949
2026-04-072,261,977-260,383+7,746261,393+9,692-1,010
2026-03-312,230,822-268,129+11,058251,701-5,91916,428
2026-03-242,223,075-279,187-8,050257,620-11,74121,567
2026-03-172,232,309-271,137+18,965269,361-3,8251,776
2026-03-102,281,019-290,102-34,408273,186+31,22116,916

Full history, no login: CSV (2010-03-02 → 2026-09-01) · JSON

Contract facts

(CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE)
Contract unit (CFTC)
UB
Ticker
CBOT
Exchange
020604
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Ultra T-Bond futures?
As of the 2026-09-01 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 369,311 contracts in Ultra T-Bond futures.
How current is this Ultra T-Bond 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 Ultra T-Bond COT history?
The full weekly series (2010-03-02 to 2026-09-01) is free at /data/cot/ultra-treasury-bond.csv - no login, no cap.

Learn: how to read this report · commercials vs non-commercials · glossary

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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 020604. Dataset coverage 2010-03-02 → 2026-09-01. Methodology.