Leveraged Funds net -4,942 contracts in BITCOIN, positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026.
Data as of Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026; published Fri 23 Oct 2026
Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026 - published Fri 23 Oct 2026 (CFTC, Friday release)
Report family
Traders in Financial Futures
Basis
Futures only
Market
BITCOIN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC contract code
133741
Contract unit
5 Bitcoins
Open interest, contracts
21,040
Change in open interest, contracts
+288
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Dealer/Intermediary
6,438
5,046
417
+1,392
30.6
24.0
6.6
Asset Manager/Institutional
4,851
1,852
209
+2,999
23.1
8.8
14.3
Leveraged Funds
5,466
10,408
2,361
-4,942
26.0
49.5
-23.5
Other Reportables
244
0
23
+244
1.2
0.0
1.2
Total reportable
20,009
20,316
-
-307
95.1
96.6
-1.5
Nonreportable
1,031
724
-
+307
4.9
3.4
1.5
Leveraged Funds: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Leveraged Funds net, contracts
-4,942
Week change
+902
4-week change
+3,011
13-week change
+3,007
Net as % of open interest
-23.5%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
100
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
100
Z-score, 52 weeks
1.57
COT Index, 3 years
100
52-week high of net
-4,942
52-week low of net
-17,223
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Dealer/Intermediary
7
12
Asset Manager/Institutional
9
8
Leveraged Funds
32
40
Other Reportables
5
0
Total reportable
69
75
Largest 4 traders, gross long
62.3%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
31.4%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
73.3%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
52.4%
Largest 4 traders, net long
61.7%
Largest 4 traders, net short
29.9%
Largest 8 traders, net long
68.3%
Largest 8 traders, net short
47.9%
Concentration is the share of open interest held by the largest traders, as published in the report.
Latest report, futures and options combined
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Dealer/Intermediary
6,438
5,013
458
+1,425
30.2
23.5
6.7
Asset Manager/Institutional
4,851
1,852
209
+2,999
22.8
8.7
14.1
Leveraged Funds
5,423
10,406
2,534
-4,983
25.5
48.9
-23.4
Other Reportables
249
0
57
+249
1.2
0.0
1.2
Total reportable
20,219
20,529
-
-310
94.9
96.4
-1.5
Nonreportable
1,076
766
-
+310
5.1
3.6
1.5
The combined basis adds options converted to futures equivalents at exchange delta factors. The two bases are never mixed in one series; the history on this page is futures only.
Recent reports, net by category
Report date
Open interest
Dealer/Intermediary
Asset Manager/Institutional
Leveraged Funds
Other Reportables
Total reportable
Nonreportable
Tue 20 Oct 2026
21,040
+1,392
+2,999
-4,942
+244
-307
+307
Tue 13 Oct 2026
20,752
+1,841
+3,642
-5,844
+160
-201
+201
Tue 6 Oct 2026
21,432
+2,339
+3,532
-6,852
+515
-466
+466
Tue 29 Sep 2026
19,596
+2,680
+3,586
-6,856
+285
-305
+305
Tue 22 Sep 2026
22,315
+3,647
+3,171
-7,953
+782
-353
+353
Tue 15 Sep 2026
20,773
+3,419
+2,760
-6,354
-14
-189
+189
Tue 8 Sep 2026
21,083
+2,943
+3,743
-7,892
+669
-537
+537
Tue 1 Sep 2026
19,697
+2,784
+3,698
-7,620
+764
-374
+374
Tue 25 Aug 2026
22,216
+3,579
+2,945
-8,089
+1,724
+159
-159
Tue 18 Aug 2026
21,760
+2,971
+2,732
-7,439
+2,024
+288
-288
Spreading is calendar-spread positions. It prints as its own column and is not part of net. Percentile is the share of weeks in the window with a net at or below the current net. The COT Index places the current net within its 3-year range, 0 at the low and 100 at the high. Gauges print only when the window holds enough history. History is the series as currently published by the CFTC, including its corrections; first-release vintages are not kept. An extreme reading is a condition of crowding, not a buy or sell signal: speculative categories are trend followers and are usually largest near price extremes.
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, Traders in Financial Futures report, futures only unless stated. Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026, published Fri 23 Oct 2026.