ETHER CASH SETTLED COT Report, Traders in Financial Futures
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Leveraged Funds net -5,128 contracts in ETHER CASH SETTLED, 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
ETHER CASH SETTLED - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC contract code
146021
Contract unit
50 Index Points
Open interest, contracts
28,344
Change in open interest, contracts
+2,801
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Dealer/Intermediary
17,127
9,577
328
+7,550
60.4
33.8
26.6
Asset Manager/Institutional
1,575
2,881
437
-1,306
5.6
10.2
-4.6
Leveraged Funds
3,323
8,451
4,557
-5,128
11.7
29.8
-18.1
Other Reportables
173
1,569
37
-1,396
0.6
5.5
-4.9
Total reportable
27,557
27,837
-
-280
97.2
98.2
-1.0
Nonreportable
787
507
-
+280
2.8
1.8
1.0
Leveraged Funds: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Leveraged Funds net, contracts
-5,128
Week change
+1,155
4-week change
+5,489
13-week change
+1,925
Net as % of open interest
-18.1%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
85
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
55
Z-score, 52 weeks
1.09
COT Index, 3 years
76
52-week high of net
-2,703
52-week low of net
-19,967
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Dealer/Intermediary
5
8
Asset Manager/Institutional
6
6
Leveraged Funds
19
34
Other Reportables
5
-
Total reportable
46
61
Largest 4 traders, gross long
77.9%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
46.7%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
86.6%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
62.5%
Largest 4 traders, net long
70.3%
Largest 4 traders, net short
37.5%
Largest 8 traders, net long
72.9%
Largest 8 traders, net short
51.0%
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
17,127
9,568
346
+7,559
59.9
33.5
26.4
Asset Manager/Institutional
1,575
2,881
437
-1,306
5.5
10.1
-4.6
Leveraged Funds
3,310
8,450
4,726
-5,140
11.6
29.6
-18.0
Other Reportables
176
1,569
37
-1,393
0.6
5.5
-4.9
Total reportable
27,734
28,015
-
-281
97.0
98.0
-1.0
Nonreportable
848
567
-
+281
3.0
2.0
1.0
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
28,344
+7,550
-1,306
-5,128
-1,396
-280
+280
Tue 13 Oct 2026
25,543
+8,300
-671
-6,283
-1,553
-207
+207
Tue 6 Oct 2026
27,681
+9,088
-589
-7,949
-1,060
-510
+510
Tue 29 Sep 2026
27,392
+9,885
-1,197
-8,083
-1,124
-519
+519
Tue 22 Sep 2026
29,985
+12,372
-1,492
-10,617
-1,019
-756
+756
Tue 15 Sep 2026
28,413
+10,571
-1,920
-7,722
-1,123
-194
+194
Tue 8 Sep 2026
26,564
+9,403
-1,653
-7,286
-945
-481
+481
Tue 1 Sep 2026
24,619
+7,358
-1,434
-5,325
-1,056
-457
+457
Tue 25 Aug 2026
26,868
+11,230
-2,203
-8,385
-687
-45
+45
Tue 18 Aug 2026
22,684
+7,528
-3,076
-4,395
-252
-195
+195
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.