Leveraged Funds net -162,757 contracts in UST BOND, 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
UST BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC contract code
020601
Contract unit
Contracts Of $100,000 Face Value
Open interest, contracts
1,785,457
Change in open interest, contracts
-64,270
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Dealer/Intermediary
36,715
219,421
3,121
-182,706
2.1
12.3
-10.2
Asset Manager/Institutional
1,087,469
699,462
218,755
+388,007
60.9
39.2
21.7
Leveraged Funds
169,144
331,901
17,631
-162,757
9.5
18.6
-9.1
Other Reportables
41,942
132,219
1,438
-90,277
2.3
7.4
-5.1
Total reportable
1,576,215
1,623,948
-
-47,733
88.3
91.0
-2.7
Nonreportable
209,242
161,509
-
+47,733
11.7
9.0
2.7
Leveraged Funds: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Leveraged Funds net, contracts
-162,757
Week change
-8,737
4-week change
-705
13-week change
+228,629
Net as % of open interest
-9.1%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
96
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
99
Z-score, 52 weeks
2.10
COT Index, 3 years
98
52-week high of net
-154,020
52-week low of net
-415,340
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Dealer/Intermediary
13
23
Asset Manager/Institutional
80
40
Leveraged Funds
39
40
Other Reportables
11
9
Total reportable
182
166
Largest 4 traders, gross long
21.5%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
37.3%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
34.4%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
45.8%
Largest 4 traders, net long
20.8%
Largest 4 traders, net short
35.6%
Largest 8 traders, net long
33.1%
Largest 8 traders, net short
44.2%
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
35,836
195,117
117,264
-159,281
1.7
9.1
-7.5
Asset Manager/Institutional
1,087,340
691,914
253,143
+395,426
51.0
32.4
18.5
Leveraged Funds
143,052
336,809
216,424
-193,757
6.7
15.8
-9.1
Other Reportables
42,834
133,559
7,309
-90,725
2.0
6.3
-4.3
Total reportable
1,903,201
1,951,537
-
-48,336
89.2
91.5
-2.3
Nonreportable
230,286
181,950
-
+48,336
10.8
8.5
2.3
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
1,785,457
-182,706
+388,007
-162,757
-90,277
-47,733
+47,733
Tue 13 Oct 2026
1,849,727
-179,299
+391,534
-154,020
-107,231
-49,016
+49,016
Tue 6 Oct 2026
1,898,067
-192,677
+405,628
-189,678
-94,379
-71,106
+71,106
Tue 29 Sep 2026
1,879,173
-180,799
+436,956
-251,395
-83,329
-78,567
+78,567
Tue 22 Sep 2026
1,887,864
-250,961
+413,616
-162,052
-66,041
-65,438
+65,438
Tue 15 Sep 2026
1,867,442
-241,670
+460,662
-211,735
-69,251
-61,994
+61,994
Tue 8 Sep 2026
1,802,308
-251,880
+532,667
-276,965
-66,427
-62,605
+62,605
Tue 1 Sep 2026
1,811,513
-258,952
+544,469
-303,045
-69,665
-87,193
+87,193
Tue 25 Aug 2026
2,096,351
-266,207
+521,748
-302,994
-47,047
-94,500
+94,500
Tue 18 Aug 2026
1,894,436
-286,302
+597,467
-361,383
-4,130
-54,348
+54,348
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.