COT Report: BITCOIN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE

Futures Only Positions as of 2026-08-18

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.

BITCOIN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS
Code-133741
AS OF: 2026-08-18
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    

Long vs. Short

Prices & Net Positions


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Positions: Short