MICRO BITCOIN COT Report, Traders in Financial Futures
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Leveraged Funds net -13,446 contracts in MICRO 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
MICRO BITCOIN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC contract code
133742
Contract unit
Bitcoin X $0.10
Open interest, contracts
37,623
Change in open interest, contracts
+4,710
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Dealer/Intermediary
4,813
458
0
+4,355
12.8
1.2
11.6
Asset Manager/Institutional
1,922
532
0
+1,390
5.1
1.4
3.7
Leveraged Funds
12,693
26,139
6,223
-13,446
33.7
69.5
-35.7
Other Reportables
5,576
2,368
152
+3,208
14.8
6.3
8.5
Total reportable
31,379
35,872
-
-4,493
83.4
95.3
-11.9
Nonreportable
6,244
1,751
-
+4,493
16.6
4.7
11.9
Leveraged Funds: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Leveraged Funds net, contracts
-13,446
Week change
+461
4-week change
-7,293
13-week change
-18,108
Net as % of open interest
-35.7%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
19
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
17
Z-score, 52 weeks
-0.98
COT Index, 3 years
26
52-week high of net
+6,527
52-week low of net
-24,637
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Dealer/Intermediary
7
4
Asset Manager/Institutional
9
-
Leveraged Funds
36
24
Other Reportables
77
24
Total reportable
138
57
Largest 4 traders, gross long
38.2%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
80.0%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
48.9%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
85.0%
Largest 4 traders, net long
27.1%
Largest 4 traders, net short
64.3%
Largest 8 traders, net long
35.6%
Largest 8 traders, net short
68.9%
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
4,813
458
0
+4,355
11.9
1.1
10.8
Asset Manager/Institutional
1,947
532
0
+1,415
4.8
1.3
3.5
Leveraged Funds
12,718
26,151
8,586
-13,433
31.5
64.8
-33.3
Other Reportables
5,591
2,449
265
+3,142
13.9
6.1
7.8
Total reportable
33,920
38,441
-
-4,521
84.1
95.3
-11.2
Nonreportable
6,407
1,886
-
+4,521
15.9
4.7
11.2
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
37,623
+4,355
+1,390
-13,446
+3,208
-4,493
+4,493
Tue 13 Oct 2026
32,913
+3,903
+2,298
-13,907
+3,090
-4,616
+4,616
Tue 6 Oct 2026
34,582
+3,682
+2,328
-16,427
+5,538
-4,879
+4,879
Tue 29 Sep 2026
26,320
+839
+2,191
-11,360
+4,174
-4,156
+4,156
Tue 22 Sep 2026
35,597
-4,081
+1,562
-6,153
+4,228
-4,444
+4,444
Tue 15 Sep 2026
37,455
-2,078
+4,129
-8,482
+3,200
-3,231
+3,231
Tue 8 Sep 2026
35,179
-4,998
+1,507
-5,406
+4,942
-3,955
+3,955
Tue 1 Sep 2026
31,488
-4,383
+1,109
-3,325
+3,601
-2,998
+2,998
Tue 25 Aug 2026
37,171
-241
+505
-6,714
+2,830
-3,620
+3,620
Tue 18 Aug 2026
32,133
+635
-3,321
+1,098
-674
-2,262
+2,262
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.