NASDAQ MINI · CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE · CFTC code 209742 · week ending 2026-08-11
Leveraged Money holds a net position of −89,125 contracts, or 31.5% of the 282,662 contracts of open interest, leaving the category net short. That is more than two standard deviations below its three-year average — the short side is crowded, which raises the risk of a squeeze (z = −2.68 and sits at 0 on a 0–100 scale of its three-year range). In contracts, the net position moved −10,792 while open interest moved −20,962 — long liquidation, with longs closing out rather than new sellers arriving. That is −5.73pp as a share of open interest.
Leveraged Money · blue above the line is net long, red below is net short
The denominator. Positioning shares mean little without knowing whether the market itself is growing or shrinking.
Shaded beyond ±2σ. Measures how unusual today's share is for this market.
Rank within the 3-year range. Shaded below 10 and above 90.
Change in the net share week over week, in percentage points of open interest.
Net share of open interest by trader group. The groups net to zero — every long is someone's short.
The classic Commercial / Large Speculator split is not offered for financial futures. The CFTC's financial taxonomy (Dealer, Asset Manager, Leveraged Money) is a different cut rather than a subdivision of the legacy one, and no combination of its categories reproduces the legacy figures, so presenting one would be a guess.
| Week | Open interest | Net | Net % OI | Δ pp | Z | COT Idx |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-11 | 282,662 | −89,125 | -31.53% | -5.73 | -2.68 | 0 |
| 2026-08-04 | 303,624 | −78,333 | -25.80% | -6.02 | -1.95 | 1 |
| 2026-07-28 | 294,781 | −58,298 | -19.78% | 6.26 | -1.11 | 20 |
| 2026-07-21 | 286,903 | −74,690 | -26.03% | -3.52 | -2.00 | 0 |
| 2026-07-14 | 284,971 | −64,163 | -22.52% | -3.22 | -1.52 | 7 |
| 2026-07-07 | 285,086 | −55,013 | -19.30% | 5.34 | -1.08 | 17 |
| 2026-06-30 | 278,558 | −68,617 | -24.63% | -5.37 | -1.86 | 0 |
| 2026-06-23 | 265,083 | −51,062 | -19.26% | -11.09 | -1.10 | 15 |
| 2026-06-16 | 344,441 | −28,154 | -8.17% | 3.05 | 0.53 | 52 |
| 2026-06-09 | 305,568 | −34,306 | -11.23% | 5.81 | 0.08 | 42 |
| 2026-06-02 | 314,972 | −53,650 | -17.03% | 0.02 | -0.78 | 22 |
| 2026-05-26 | 302,990 | −51,679 | -17.06% | -1.58 | -0.79 | 22 |