MICRO ETHER COT Report, Traders in Financial Futures
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Leveraged Funds net -25,354 contracts in MICRO ETHER, 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 ETHER - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC contract code
146022
Contract unit
0.1 Index Points
Open interest, contracts
77,350
Change in open interest, contracts
+12,733
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Dealer/Intermediary
7,900
45
0
+7,855
10.2
0.1
10.2
Asset Manager/Institutional
1,126
1,935
0
-809
1.5
2.5
-1.0
Leveraged Funds
28,525
53,879
16,324
-25,354
36.9
69.7
-32.8
Other Reportables
21,379
4,571
94
+16,808
27.6
5.9
21.7
Total reportable
75,348
76,848
-
-1,500
97.4
99.4
-1.9
Nonreportable
2,002
502
-
+1,500
2.6
0.6
1.9
Leveraged Funds: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Leveraged Funds net, contracts
-25,354
Week change
+301
4-week change
+10,465
13-week change
-9,128
Net as % of open interest
-32.8%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
37
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
35
Z-score, 52 weeks
-0.33
COT Index, 3 years
78
52-week high of net
-4,824
52-week low of net
-49,600
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Dealer/Intermediary
5
-
Leveraged Funds
17
18
Other Reportables
117
28
Total reportable
149
51
Largest 4 traders, gross long
61.7%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
83.9%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
73.2%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
90.8%
Largest 4 traders, net long
47.7%
Largest 4 traders, net short
62.8%
Largest 8 traders, net long
54.0%
Largest 8 traders, net short
69.7%
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
7,900
45
0
+7,855
9.4
0.1
9.3
Asset Manager/Institutional
1,126
1,935
0
-809
1.3
2.3
-1.0
Leveraged Funds
31,828
55,877
18,992
-24,049
37.8
66.4
-28.6
Other Reportables
20,887
5,410
1,413
+15,477
24.8
6.4
18.4
Total reportable
82,146
83,671
-
-1,525
97.6
99.4
-1.8
Nonreportable
2,037
512
-
+1,525
2.4
0.6
1.8
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
77,350
+7,855
-809
-25,354
+16,808
-1,500
+1,500
Tue 13 Oct 2026
64,617
+9,263
-974
-25,655
+16,030
-1,336
+1,336
Tue 6 Oct 2026
79,652
+10,741
-1,549
-31,024
+20,330
-1,502
+1,502
Tue 29 Sep 2026
66,258
+9,596
-2,007
-28,532
+19,336
-1,607
+1,607
Tue 22 Sep 2026
65,122
+10,927
-2,420
-35,819
+25,570
-1,742
+1,742
Tue 15 Sep 2026
60,971
+10,674
-1,535
-31,761
+21,379
-1,243
+1,243
Tue 8 Sep 2026
63,819
+11,851
-1,021
-34,323
+22,152
-1,341
+1,341
Tue 1 Sep 2026
53,175
+9,567
-579
-25,747
+15,658
-1,101
+1,101
Tue 25 Aug 2026
52,055
+7,937
-2,286
-23,729
+16,575
-1,503
+1,503
Tue 18 Aug 2026
47,109
+1,322
-3,635
-17,735
+18,708
-1,340
+1,340
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.