COT Report: E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE

Futures Only Positions as of 2026-08-18

Below is the Commitments of Traders (COT) report for E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (futures only) with COT charts. This COT report for E-MINI S&P 500 is as of 2026-08-18. COT reports are released each Friday (except for U.S. holidays) by the CFTC. Each COT report release includes data from the previous Tuesday.

E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE ($50 X S&P 500 INDEX)
CFTC Code: #13874A
Open Interest: 2,072,358   Total Changes: -47,148   Total Traders: 437
AS OF: 2026-08-18

  Long Short Spread
Positions Open Int # Traders Positions Open Int # Traders Positions Open Int # Traders
Dealer
Intermediary
219,986
+3,823
10.6% 30 1,004,401
+8,606
48.5% 39 57,027
-4,378
2.8% 24
Asset Manager/
Institutional
1,165,359
+10,659
56.2% 176 204,793
-1,426
9.9% 31 83,194
-11,809
4.0% 78
Leveraged
Funds
166,291
-39,453
8.0% 60 447,693
-38,497
21.6% 75 56,934
-4,486
2.7% 58
Other
Reportables
54,636
+2,599
2.6% 16 73,498
+1,898
3.5% 9 401
-70
0.0%
Nonreportable
Positions
268,530
-4,033
13.0%   144,417
+3,014
7.0%        

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