OPEN INTEREST

472,633

(-36,116, -8.72%)
COMMERCIAL NET

101,330

(+764, +0.76%)
LARGE SPEC NET

-101,193

(+496)
SMALL TRADERS NET

-137

(-1,260)
COT INDEX

96.64%

As of 09/23/2025
LAST UPDATE

09/23

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Complete positioning history with weekly changes
Showing 20 records
All data includes weekly changes
Market Commercials Large Speculators Small Traders Open Interest Net Commercials COT Index
Long Short Long Short Long Short
05/06/2025
121,604
(+857)
135,149
(+6,565)
71,127
(-3,771)
60,184
(-10,474)
25,910
(-3,714)
23,308
(-2,719)
279,106
(-6,628, -2.94%)
-13,545 (-5,708, -72.83%)
0.0%
04/29/2025
120,747
(+823)
128,584
(+11,679)
74,898
(-3,610)
70,658
(-13,595)
29,624
(+1,432)
26,027
(+561)
279,032
(-1,355, -0.6%)
-7,837 (-10,856, -359.59%)
1.29%
04/22/2025
119,924
(-33,394)
116,905
(-19,260)
78,508
(-11,474)
84,253
(-23,026)
28,192
(-1,510)
25,466
(-4,092)
273,099
(-46,378, -16.99%)
3,019 (-14,134, -82.4%)
10.53%
04/15/2025
153,318
(-14,166)
136,165
(-18,185)
89,982
(-16,403)
107,279
(-13,079)
29,702
(-5,454)
29,558
(-4,759)
332,536
(-36,023, -11.66%)
17,153 (+4,019, +30.6%)
22.55%
04/08/2025
167,484
(+29,391)
154,350
(+24,312)
106,385
(+11,532)
120,358
(+15,147)
35,156
(+5,945)
34,317
(+7,409)
377,062
(+46,868, +17.88%)
13,134 (+5,079, +63.05%)
19.13%
04/01/2025
138,093
(+9,547)
130,038
(+4,335)
94,853
(+15,819)
105,211
(+17,186)
29,211
(+1,933)
26,908
(+5,778)
323,012
(+27,299, +11.62%)
8,055 (+5,212, +183.33%)
14.81%
03/25/2025
128,546
(-20,717)
125,703
(-28,030)
79,034
(-23,100)
88,025
(-7,941)
27,278
(-542)
21,130
(-8,388)
307,181
(-44,359, -15.89%)
2,843 (+7,313, +163.6%)
10.38%
03/18/2025
149,263
(-28,633)
153,733
(-4,686)
102,134
(+7,307)
95,966
(-16,743)
27,820
(-808)
29,518
(-705)
348,583
(-22,134, -7.34%)
-4,470 (-23,947, -122.95%)
4.16%
03/11/2025
177,896
(-6,980)
158,419
(+13,774)
94,827
(+7,612)
112,709
(-14,731)
28,628
(-2,651)
30,223
(-1,062)
384,995
(-2,019, -0.67%)
19,477 (-20,754, -51.59%)
24.53%
03/04/2025
184,876
(-6,897)
144,645
(+20,965)
87,215
(+989)
127,440
(-27,889)
31,279
(+2,288)
31,285
(+3,304)
391,037
(-3,620, -1.18%)
40,231 (-27,862, -40.92%)
42.18%
02/25/2025
191,773
(-5,561)
123,680
(-18,037)
86,226
(+179)
155,329
(+11,617)
28,991
(+2)
27,981
(+1,040)
389,557
(-5,380, -1.72%)
68,093 (+12,476, +22.43%)
65.88%
02/18/2025
197,334
(+15,144)
141,717
(+13,405)
86,047
(+17,592)
143,712
(+16,262)
28,989
(-1,345)
26,941
(+1,724)
399,283
(+31,391, +11.17%)
55,617 (+1,739, +3.23%)
55.27%
02/11/2025
182,190
(+25,647)
128,312
(+18,136)
68,455
(+4,580)
127,450
(+15,045)
30,334
(+1,681)
25,217
(-1,273)
360,209
(+31,908, +12.81%)
53,878 (+7,511, +16.2%)
53.79%
02/04/2025
156,543
(-7,647)
110,176
(-3,053)
63,875
(+165)
112,405
(-750)
28,653
(+3,383)
26,490
(-296)
325,577
(-4,099, -1.62%)
46,367 (-4,594, -9.01%)
47.4%
01/28/2025
164,190
(-1,386)
113,229
(-26,918)
63,710
(-1,908)
113,155
(+19,477)
25,270
(-16,139)
26,786
(-11,992)
330,806
(-19,433, -7.13%)
50,961 (+25,532, +100.41%)
51.31%
01/21/2025
165,576
(+29,940)
140,147
(+32,692)
65,618
(+1,981)
93,678
(+3,311)
41,409
(+14,451)
38,778
(+10,369)
364,909
(+46,372, +20.5%)
25,429 (-2,752, -9.77%)
29.59%
01/14/2025
135,636
(-4,266)
107,455
(+2,121)
63,637
(+11,039)
90,367
(+6,715)
26,958
(+3,380)
28,409
(+1,317)
308,321
(+10,153, +4.7%)
28,181 (-6,387, -18.48%)
31.93%
01/07/2025
139,902
(+14,248)
105,334
(+13,400)
52,598
(+409)
83,652
(+640)
23,578
(+1,017)
27,092
(+1,634)
292,616
(+15,674, +7.82%)
34,568 (+848, +2.51%)
37.37%
12/31/2024
125,654
(+11,481)
91,934
(-1,107)
52,189
(-16,255)
83,012
(-2,743)
22,561
(+1,076)
25,458
(+152)
275,406
(-3,698, -1.81%)
33,720 (+12,588, +59.57%)
36.64%
12/24/2024
114,173
(-45,608)
93,041
(-18,487)
68,444
(+657)
85,755
(-31,020)
21,485
(-5,803)
25,306
(-1,247)
264,712
(-50,754, -19.91%)
21,132 (-27,121, -56.21%)
25.94%
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