CHAINLINK PERP STYLE COT Report, Traders in Financial Futures
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Leveraged Funds net -3,477 contracts in CHAINLINK PERP STYLE, 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
CHAINLINK PERP STYLE - COINBASE DERIVATIVES, LLC
CFTC contract code
170LM2
Contract unit
50 Chainlink
Open interest, contracts
4,352
Change in open interest, contracts
-478
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Dealer/Intermediary
0
0
0
+0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Asset Manager/Institutional
0
0
0
+0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Leveraged Funds
40
3,517
0
-3,477
0.9
80.8
-79.9
Other Reportables
2,873
678
0
+2,195
66.0
15.6
50.4
Total reportable
2,913
4,195
-
-1,282
66.9
96.4
-29.5
Nonreportable
1,439
157
-
+1,282
33.1
3.6
29.5
Leveraged Funds: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 43 reports
Leveraged Funds net, contracts
-3,477
Week change
+149
4-week change
+250
13-week change
-1,128
Net as % of open interest
-79.9%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
12
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
-
Z-score, 52 weeks
-1.66
COT Index, 3 years
-
52-week high of net
-435
52-week low of net
-4,762
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Dealer/Intermediary
0
0
Asset Manager/Institutional
0
0
Leveraged Funds
-
11
Other Reportables
53
11
Total reportable
54
22
Largest 4 traders, gross long
10.4%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
65.3%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
19.3%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
77.9%
Largest 4 traders, net long
10.4%
Largest 4 traders, net short
65.3%
Largest 8 traders, net long
19.3%
Largest 8 traders, net short
77.9%
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
0
0
0
+0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Asset Manager/Institutional
0
0
0
+0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Leveraged Funds
40
3,517
0
-3,477
0.9
80.8
-79.9
Other Reportables
2,873
678
0
+2,195
66.0
15.6
50.4
Total reportable
2,913
4,195
-
-1,282
66.9
96.4
-29.5
Nonreportable
1,439
157
-
+1,282
33.1
3.6
29.5
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
4,352
+0
+0
-3,477
+2,195
-1,282
+1,282
Tue 13 Oct 2026
4,830
+0
+0
-3,626
+2,197
-1,429
+1,429
Tue 6 Oct 2026
5,722
+0
+0
-4,762
+3,247
-1,515
+1,515
Tue 29 Sep 2026
5,168
+0
+0
-3,856
+2,686
-1,170
+1,170
Tue 22 Sep 2026
4,841
+0
+0
-3,727
+2,723
-1,004
+1,004
Tue 15 Sep 2026
4,216
+0
+0
-2,769
+1,741
-1,028
+1,028
Tue 8 Sep 2026
4,719
+0
+0
-3,270
+2,257
-1,013
+1,013
Tue 1 Sep 2026
4,283
+0
+0
-2,786
+2,008
-778
+778
Tue 25 Aug 2026
4,618
+0
+0
-2,072
+1,529
-543
+543
Tue 18 Aug 2026
4,950
+0
+0
-1,948
+1,187
-761
+761
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.