Commitments of Traders · Speculative Positioning week of 2026-09-08

The three groups always sum to zero, so hedgers sit opposite the speculators by construction. Bars are overlaid rather than stacked, the smaller group in front.
Speculator net position as a percentile of its own trailing 3-year range. Shaded: the top and bottom 20%, where positioning is crowded and the report has historically carried what information it has.
Use your arrow keys ←→ along a row · ↑↓ between groups · ↓ again for the lookback
Speculative positioning across every futures market — sort by

Bars furthest from centre = the most stretched positioning, where the report carries the most information. Click a bar to open it in the trader-group view.

Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, Legacy report (futures only), released Friday ~3:30pm ET with data as of the prior Tuesday. Price series: weekly close of the underlying index or front-month futures. Historical context is a backward-looking statistic, not a forecast. Not investment advice.