NASDAQ MINI COT Report, Traders in Financial Futures
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
Leveraged Funds net +950 contracts in NASDAQ MINI, 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
NASDAQ MINI - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC contract code
209742
Contract unit
Nasdaq 100 Stock Index X $20
Open interest, contracts
272,462
Change in open interest, contracts
-7,053
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Dealer/Intermediary
38,475
132,597
3,549
-94,122
14.1
48.7
-34.5
Asset Manager/Institutional
109,985
32,195
4,946
+77,790
40.4
11.8
28.6
Leveraged Funds
51,749
50,799
9,142
+950
19.0
18.6
0.3
Other Reportables
13,012
10,480
0
+2,532
4.8
3.8
0.9
Total reportable
230,858
243,708
-
-12,850
84.7
89.4
-4.7
Nonreportable
41,604
28,754
-
+12,850
15.3
10.6
4.7
Leveraged Funds: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Leveraged Funds net, contracts
+950
Week change
+12,543
4-week change
+31,633
13-week change
+75,640
Net as % of open interest
0.3%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
90
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
94
Z-score, 52 weeks
1.27
COT Index, 3 years
84
52-week high of net
+17,619
52-week low of net
-89,125
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Dealer/Intermediary
27
23
Asset Manager/Institutional
79
24
Leveraged Funds
49
48
Other Reportables
15
12
Total reportable
198
141
Largest 4 traders, gross long
22.0%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
32.8%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
31.6%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
44.3%
Largest 4 traders, net long
21.7%
Largest 4 traders, net short
32.1%
Largest 8 traders, net long
31.2%
Largest 8 traders, net short
43.5%
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
38,475
132,947
11,946
-94,472
12.3
42.7
-30.3
Asset Manager/Institutional
110,914
32,499
5,716
+78,415
35.6
10.4
25.2
Leveraged Funds
51,700
50,252
33,433
+1,448
16.6
16.1
0.5
Other Reportables
12,810
10,494
1,277
+2,316
4.1
3.4
0.7
Total reportable
266,272
278,564
-
-12,292
85.4
89.4
-3.9
Nonreportable
45,414
33,122
-
+12,292
14.6
10.6
3.9
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
272,462
-94,122
+77,790
+950
+2,532
-12,850
+12,850
Tue 13 Oct 2026
279,515
-77,932
+75,323
-11,593
+2,898
-11,304
+11,304
Tue 6 Oct 2026
283,586
-72,562
+73,798
-19,212
+7,653
-10,323
+10,323
Tue 29 Sep 2026
270,554
-58,242
+69,744
-24,723
+2,877
-10,344
+10,344
Tue 22 Sep 2026
286,321
-58,404
+72,220
-30,683
+7,254
-9,613
+9,613
Tue 15 Sep 2026
325,784
-79,229
+66,811
-6,387
+3,665
-15,140
+15,140
Tue 8 Sep 2026
295,151
-66,712
+75,526
-31,872
+2,935
-20,123
+20,123
Tue 1 Sep 2026
300,140
-78,774
+71,877
-14,092
+1,459
-19,530
+19,530
Tue 25 Aug 2026
301,987
-63,248
+73,216
-41,232
+4,167
-27,097
+27,097
Tue 18 Aug 2026
297,931
-35,042
+68,332
-61,771
+5,718
-22,763
+22,763
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.