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COT Report

The CFTC's weekly Commitments of Traders report, visualized — how large traders are positioned across currencies, indices, metals, energy, rates and crypto. Toggle between the broad non-commercial cut and the sharper money-manager cut (Managed Money for commodities, Leveraged Funds for financials). Bars show the long/short split; the table adds week-over-week change and how stretched positioning is versus its own 3-year history.

Latest report — positions as of Aug 25, 2026 (released the following Friday). Source: CFTC.
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Not financial advice. COT is a weekly, delayed snapshot for general information and education only — not a recommendation, signal, or offer. Positioning is not a timing tool; extremes can persist.

Trader group Non-commercial Money managers Large speculators (Legacy report)
Long Short Non-commercial · % of long+short · sorted most-short → most-long
100%75%50% 25%0%
VIX
RUSSELL
SPX
NASDAQ
NIKKEI
DOW
MarketLong/Short % LongNetΔ Net (wk)Positioning
percentile (3y)
VIXVIX Futures
Indices
33.6% -78,164 +11,282 9 crowded short
RUSSELLRussell 2000
Indices
35.9% -51,578 -9,363 19
SPXS&P 500
Indices
42.7% -78,175 -62,439 53
NASDAQNasdaq 100
Indices
53.6% 11,127 +23,193 39
NIKKEINikkei 225
Indices
66.5% 3,294 +771 29
DOWDow Jones
Indices
71.7% 15,557 -4,063 88

How to read it: "Net" is non-commercial long minus short contracts. The percentile ranks today's net-as-%-of-open-interest against the last ~3 years — high = speculators unusually long (crowded), low = unusually short. Updated weekly after the CFTC release.