Below is the Commitments of Traders (COT) report for BITCOIN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (COT legacy report, futures only) with COT charts. This COT report for BITCOIN 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.
| Non-Commercial | Commercial | Total | Non-Reportable | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long | Short | Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short |
| (5 Bitcoins) | Open Interest: 21,760 | |||||||
| 17,370 | 14,634 | 3,476 | 209 | 2,657 | 21,055 | 20,767 | 705 | 993 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: +575 ) | |||||||
| -814 | +315 | +1,291 | +171 | -936 | +648 | +670 | -73 | -95 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 79.8% | 67.3% | 16.0% | 1.0% | 12.2% | 96.8% | 95.4% | 3.2% | 4.6% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 125) | |||||||
| 40 | 76 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 60 | 97 | ||