Below is the Commitments of Traders (COT) report for E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (COT legacy report, 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.
| Non-Commercial | Commercial | Total | Non-Reportable | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long | Short | Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short |
| ($50 X S&P 500 INDEX) | Open Interest: 2,072,358 | |||||||
| 275,315 | 285,875 | 45,644 | 1,482,869 | 1,596,422 | 1,803,828 | 1,927,941 | 268,530 | 144,417 |
| Changes | (Change In Open Interest: -47,148 ) | |||||||
| -16,392 | +5,448 | -4,611 | -22,112 | -50,999 | -43,115 | -50,162 | -4,033 | +3,014 |
| Percent of Open Interest for Each Category of Traders | ||||||||
| 13.3% | 13.8% | 2.2% | 71.6% | 77.0% | 87.0% | 93.0% | 13.0% | 7.0% |
| Number of Traders in Each Category | (Total Traders: 437) | |||||||
| 79 | 62 | 45 | 245 | 168 | 350 | 250 | ||