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What positions do traders hold in DJIA x $5 futures?

In DJIA x $5 futures, leveraged funds held a net short position of 1,967 contracts and open interest was 90,022 contracts on (CFTC Commitments of Traders, released ).

Net positions in DJIA x $5 futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Net is long less short, ours; contracts

Net positions in DJIA x $5 futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Net positions in DJIA x $5 futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

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  • Leveraged funds−1,967
  • Asset managers and institutional+13,066
  • Dealers and intermediaries−13,153

Open interest in DJIA x $5 futures each week, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Contracts

Open interest in DJIA x $5 futures each week, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Open interest in DJIA x $5 futures each week, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

Each point is one week of DJIA x $5 futures from the CFTC's Traders in Financial Futures report (futures only): the net position, long contracts less short contracts, of one group of traders, or all open contracts. The chart shows up to the newest ten years. Pointing at the chart shows the week and the value.

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The latest week of DJIA x $5 futures beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year and five years earlier. The weeks of the last two years and every group's long and short are in the tables under "The numbers behind the chart".

MeasureLatestThe week beforeA year earlierFive years earlier
Week
Open interest90,02290,36485,017106,040
Leveraged funds, net−1,967+2,809−24,380+15,974
Asset managers and institutional, net+13,066+10,873+9,933+25,151
Dealers and intermediaries, net−13,153−18,449+12,730−16,622

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Leveraged funds held a net short position of 1,967 contracts in DJIA x $5 futures in the week to , the largest net short since the week of .

The dealers and intermediaries were net short 13,153 contracts that week, and asset managers and institutional net long 13,066 contracts.

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Open interestDJIA x $5, week of 20 October 2026

Open interest was 90,022 contracts in the week to , the most since the week of .

−342 contracts from the week before, held by 87 reporting traders.

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RecordsOurs, since the week of 13 June 2006

Open interest was highest at 176,108 contracts in the week of .

Leveraged funds held their largest net long, 81,726 contracts, in the week of , and their largest net short, 25,427 contracts, in the week of .

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The other groupsNet, and the last week larger

Asset managers and institutional: net long 13,066 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

Dealers and intermediaries: net short 13,153 contracts, the largest net short since the week of .

Other reportable traders: net long 666 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

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Understanding the futures positions report

Where it stands today

Leveraged funds were net short 1,967 contracts in DJIA x $5 futures in the week of 20 October 2026.

Who are the groups in the report?

The CFTC's Traders in Financial Futures report, one of its Commitments of Traders reports, gives the positions held in each financial futures market on a Tuesday, sorted by kind of trader: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional investors, dealers and intermediaries, other reportable traders and traders below the reporting level.

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A position is a number of contracts, long or short; dealers, asset managers, leveraged funds and other reportables also report spread positions, which hold both. The CFTC assigns each reporting trader to a group from the business the trader reports. This page uses the report's futures-only figures, which leave out options. The report gives the contract size of DJIA x $5 futures as ($5 X DJIA INDEX), and the market as DJIA x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE.

What 500metrics adds: net positions (long less short, which leave out spread positions), the change from the week before, the records since the week of 13 June 2006, and the last week a group's net position was larger on the same side.

The numbers behind the chart

How were the DJIA x $5 positions split between long and short?Week of 20 October 2026, contracts
Long, short and spread positions of each group in DJIA x $5 futures (DJIA x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE), week of 20 October 2026 (contracts; net is ours)
GroupLongShortSpreadNet
Leveraged funds13,51115,478370−1,967
Asset managers and institutional18,4355,3692,858+13,066
Dealers and intermediaries41,82754,980432−13,153
Other reportable traders66600+666
Nonreportable (below the reporting level)11,92310,535n/a+1,388

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What were the net positions in DJIA x $5 futures each week?104 weeks, newest first, since 29 October 2024
Open interest and net positions in DJIA x $5 futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours)
WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
90,022−1,967+13,066−13,153+666
90,364+2,809+10,873−18,449+446
95,576−4,167+19,622−21,854+543
88,098−5,456+14,935−15,756+293
88,087−4,109+14,217−16,895+545
101,191−2,437+7,934−9,521−11
89,114−4,259+8,591−8,645+59
86,927−1,731+5,527−7,314−1
88,454−1,635+5,512−9,495+5
90,072+2,035+2,461−11,036+199
89,844−1,207+8,029−13,402+245
91,653−3,113+8,603−11,236+218
83,013−1,194+6,165−11,551+218
82,002−3,451+4,991−9,457+240
76,483−2,778+5,613−8,612+245
79,726−1,806+5,782−7,800+229
83,306−9,978+10,235−6,576+219
78,956−9,025+6,516−3,962+246
103,128−10,258+7,801−6,070+608
79,613−7,646−689+3,347+54
81,760−11,744+895+5,329+72
81,105−13,809+712+7,671+68
82,825−11,587−7,189+15,274+267
81,940−12,629−1,956+10,689+292
78,430−14,697+2,638+5,7230
74,874−12,259+2,718+4,0980
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WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
71,200−9,984+5,722−1,5820
68,873−12,174+6,153+1,3400
68,557−7,406+583+3,4150
68,213−7,646+4,156−4460
67,922−3,059+1,514−2,0630
91,467+1,313+3,939−8,3390
71,187+1,915+353−3,9940
71,894+987−2,085−697+226
69,944−4,957+4,404−2,915+220
68,377−7,752+5,071−321+220
72,216−11,100+10,447−1,625+221
70,011−11,899+2,316+7,818+565
70,906−14,289+4,488+5,929+290
70,237−9,183+361+5,073+378
68,752−7,891+4,909−959+275
66,021−9,294+11,787−7,638+1
61,375−10,453+8,149−2,214+452
61,462−9,502+9,003−3,704+235
90,249−18,481+11,922+2,692+221
83,015−20,279+13,113+3,302+217
82,132−23,412+12,990+6,8390
83,199−25,427+13,377+8,192−200
82,876−21,580+10,087+6,818+300
81,781−24,900+14,293+8,113−400
86,448−20,533+16,170+3,230−400
90,629−22,734+17,848+3,427−449
90,396−20,878+11,171+8,624−824
85,017−24,380+9,933+12,7300
82,515−22,995+9,447+12,734−675
78,830−22,049+5,402+16,237−675
78,112−6,334+6,166+1,277−925
98,350−15,186+4,593+10,703−1,036
87,037−14,420+8,307+7,462−661
82,004−9,555+2,763+8,173−377
84,505−7,602+5,252+2,822−728
85,223−8,534+4,940+2,006+1,854
87,098−7,575+7,427−1,121−190
87,993−6,303+7,225−3,231+15
86,736−2,649+4,501−800−2,403
84,378+41+6,386−6,310−1,775
83,480+266+9,010−9,342−1,452
85,138−1,869+10,769−10,178−1,920
86,845−2,217+13,502−10,060−1,745
82,269−3,562+9,198−4,571−848
100,802+2,616+9,701−9,356−1,055
85,743+828+9,413−7,644−1,173
82,788+1,656+8,241−7,054−1,443
80,388−1,242+8,042−2,151−1,455
78,995−4,451+6,574+2,846−541
77,515−4,368+5,884+2,771−1,473
76,175−2,971+7,161−934−966
78,341−938+9,156−3,925−1,381
78,992+39+7,116−3,652−2,399
73,931−1,865+4,346+1,652−646
73,838+2,503−2,246+1,230+252
74,497+81+760+875−695
74,443−1,666+1,779−602−1,071
91,941+9,407−3,655−5,020−1,534
74,843+7,118−4,474−3,544−1,512
75,169+1,081−855+1,019−2,654
79,313+251−487+1,256−2,934
80,427−1,335+2,232−3,716−735
81,382+2,866+2,945−8,212−1,992
82,475+2,996+2,906−6,856−3,408
84,167+3,887+4,947−7,750−3,119
81,691+5,716+3,005−10,586−1,372
81,768+7,540−3,329−9,146−579
85,367+5,809+1,193−15,200+480
83,957+5,804−1,029−13,600+2,147
82,150+2,257+282−8,572+997
105,423−4,809+2,957−2,788−984
89,712−6,884+14,361−9,040−3,667
92,337−5,399+17,732−10,058−5,388
86,688−2,175+12,298−8,111−4,202
84,631−329+6,947−11,922−1,188
88,312+2,050+14,343−16,170−4,202
86,343+2,130+11,199−12,873−4,642
89,974+2,215+13,362−13,044−5,810

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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

  • Positions are those of the Tuesday the report is dated; the CFTC released the report on 23 October 2026.
  • A trader's group comes from the CFTC's own classification. Nonreportable positions are open interest less the reportable positions.
  • Net positions leave out spread positions, so a group's long and short do not account for all of its contracts.
  • Records and ranks are counted from the week of 13 June 2006, the start of this market's latest run of weekly reports. The CFTC can revise a week in a later report, and our collector keeps the earlier figure.
  • Contracts are not comparable between markets: the size of one is the CFTC's contract size above.
  • Market names are the CFTC's own, written as it writes them. 500metrics is independent and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by any index provider, exchange or company named in them.

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How to cite this

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders, Traders in Financial Futures report (futures only), DJIA x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE, week of 20 October 2026, released 23 October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What positions do traders hold in DJIA x $5 futures?", https://500metrics.com/futures-positions/djia.

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