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What positions do traders hold in MSCI EAFE futures?

In MSCI EAFE futures, leveraged funds held a net short position of 7,630 contracts and open interest was 493,553 contracts on (CFTC Commitments of Traders, released ).

Net positions in MSCI EAFE 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 MSCI EAFE futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Net positions in MSCI EAFE 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−7,630
  • Asset managers and institutional+268,541
  • Dealers and intermediaries−266,151

Open interest in MSCI EAFE futures each week, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Contracts

Open interest in MSCI EAFE futures each week, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Open interest in MSCI EAFE futures each week, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

Each point is one week of MSCI EAFE 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 MSCI EAFE 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 interest493,553480,891449,070380,943
Leveraged funds, net−7,630−1,599−3,698+8,420
Asset managers and institutional, net+268,541+252,966+249,453+189,823
Dealers and intermediaries, net−266,151−256,464−256,628−204,251

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Observed .

Right now

Leveraged funds held a net short position of 7,630 contracts in MSCI EAFE futures in the week to , the largest net short since the week of .

The dealers and intermediaries were net short 266,151 contracts that week, and asset managers and institutional net long 268,541 contracts.

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Open interestMSCI EAFE, week of 20 October 2026

Open interest was 493,553 contracts in the week to , the most since the week of .

+12,662 contracts from the week before, held by 192 reporting traders.

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RecordsOurs, since the week of 14 June 2011

Open interest was highest at 626,488 contracts in the week of .

Leveraged funds held their largest net long, 71,216 contracts, in the week of , and their largest net short, 56,691 contracts, in the week of .

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The other groupsNet, and the last week larger

Asset managers and institutional: net long 268,541 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

Dealers and intermediaries: net short 266,151 contracts, the largest net short since the week of .

Other reportable traders: net short 1,228 contracts, the largest net short since the week of .

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Understanding the futures positions report

Where it stands today

Leveraged funds were net short 7,630 contracts in MSCI EAFE 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 MSCI EAFE futures as (MSCI EAFE INDEX X $50), and the market as MSCI EAFE - ICE FUTURES U.S..

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 14 June 2011, and the last week a group's net position was larger on the same side.

The numbers behind the chart

How were the MSCI EAFE positions split between long and short?Week of 20 October 2026, contracts
Long, short and spread positions of each group in MSCI EAFE futures (MSCI EAFE - ICE FUTURES U.S.), week of 20 October 2026 (contracts; net is ours)
GroupLongShortSpreadNet
Leveraged funds41,64249,2722,264−7,630
Asset managers and institutional329,80761,26635,702+268,541
Dealers and intermediaries27,695293,84638,920−266,151
Other reportable traders9552,183103−1,228
Nonreportable (below the reporting level)16,4659,997n/a+6,468

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What were the net positions in MSCI EAFE futures each week?104 weeks, newest first, since 29 October 2024
Open interest and net positions in MSCI EAFE futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours)
WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
493,553−7,630+268,541−266,151−1,228
480,891−1,599+252,966−256,464−1,224
493,234+482+261,530−271,535+1,533
490,633+11,264+258,535−277,850+584
487,063+29,183+249,789−286,878−1,726
626,488+29,303+248,042−279,793−1,571
477,461+24,214+253,063−285,207−1,576
467,918+26,699+243,864−276,422−1,576
455,448+21,712+245,933−275,110−829
451,184+14,375+242,454−263,466−1,237
447,013+15,238+240,428−263,624−1,575
443,993+2,437+241,926−252,274−1,475
449,123−14,948+245,195−238,145−40
442,182−21,369+245,410−231,247−40
444,701−15,468+239,810−231,201−36
446,492−7,976+240,519−240,868+68
442,982−6,305+238,745−239,120+68
449,880+239+237,728−244,659−658
574,165−12,820+238,376−233,144−668
474,246−11,886+235,308−229,898−664
470,563−14,012+235,737−227,402−669
474,956−24,935+239,307−220,357−799
470,347−30,334+231,916−207,734−799
451,198−16,786+221,744−210,617−730
454,281−6,204+218,327−218,147−743
458,047−16,967+221,992−211,701−225
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WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
453,706−9,731+213,128−210,591−227
460,246+815+233,003−240,526+465
491,348−28,531+270,769−249,887−101
468,971−45,219+258,773−215,938+369
458,467−22,512+257,996−242,229−1,314
578,222−20,645+242,716−229,726−1,314
426,698−4,443+231,854−240,597+2,811
424,533+14,028+216,468−243,208+3,393
424,108−9,853+226,544−229,155+2,294
408,622−2,915+215,772−225,753+2,679
395,552+3,588+199,239−223,615+10,616
412,849+9,261+196,735−228,030+12,370
423,671+70+220,121−242,878+13,121
428,290−9,770+220,417−229,805+12,867
411,543−4,813+210,269−228,842+12,891
413,528−5,286+222,924−229,965+3,671
416,544−6,244+223,886−228,571+2,764
407,443+2,636+212,935−227,146+2,764
531,007+2,367+226,380−246,056+3,890
448,873−1,966+236,745−252,051+4,130
444,636−9,757+243,671−250,612+3,950
440,507−9,751+243,037−249,507+4,346
434,668+3,649+233,364−252,404+3,218
431,967−6,843+243,237−252,750+3,248
439,211−5,375+245,270−252,603+3,398
439,800−7,200+244,677−250,289+3,836
443,374−3,595+246,355−254,354+3,996
449,070−3,698+249,453−256,628+4,022
447,238−377+246,541−257,552+4,022
447,038−1,862+243,724−252,479+4,022
439,659+3,744+236,404−249,900+4,022
505,713−5,491+224,509−228,388+4,274
433,775−10,526+231,296−230,102+4,291
426,527−10,956+233,099−231,099+3,951
423,862−11,512+227,911−226,338+4,429
427,977−19,767+229,606−219,759+4,676
416,075−17,944+220,317−213,463+4,893
416,799−22,456+221,900−211,272+4,893
423,890−4,724+228,722−217,734−6,318
423,816−7,401+229,070−227,502−1,412
426,004−13,202+234,483−220,045−8,255
421,730−8,183+228,608−221,069−6,689
430,531−1,639+230,201−224,062−12,103
428,683−585+237,281−232,241−11,566
500,776+9,371+233,063−236,478−12,431
475,532−212+244,272−234,883−15,015
484,475+1,553+253,468−248,319−12,889
490,655−341+260,297−252,092−13,300
467,053+3,986+250,662−247,944−12,377
459,826+3,555+249,862−249,863−9,413
465,643+4,945+256,230−251,559−16,825
469,422−13,578+275,579−246,107−21,366
466,919−3,828+265,655−246,867−19,151
464,791−17,501+271,541−230,572−29,748
446,487+4,174+232,935−232,244−13,529
443,809+2,428+231,655−221,893−21,082
419,957−5,025+218,743−200,187−22,014
479,827−1,800+209,975−197,812−18,094
419,816+6,154+203,297−207,941−8,622
434,677+3,728+232,310−218,611−23,656
440,670−1,886+233,335−212,056−24,354
443,869−5,818+237,283−212,869−22,996
437,426−5,369+228,296−209,379−17,602
433,322−5,457+231,447−207,577−21,309
439,446−11,814+235,618−200,408−26,417
435,402−12,143+227,613−195,309−23,453
435,605−9,257+221,996−196,100−19,729
437,442−5,062+225,359−201,747−19,859
440,615−8,737+237,523−207,815−22,100
440,517−12,009+246,783−214,884−23,229
556,076−11,810+244,383−216,576−27,820
451,581−9,070+243,064−220,941−18,470
455,457−10,840+260,281−226,307−27,989
442,658−1,670+243,132−217,774−26,966
440,714−9,536+242,347−205,062−31,362
445,324−8,225+246,243−212,338−30,726
464,546−11,726+272,891−222,897−45,087
423,883−5,934+237,438−206,381−28,151

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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 14 June 2011, 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), MSCI EAFE - ICE FUTURES U.S., week of 20 October 2026, released 23 October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What positions do traders hold in MSCI EAFE futures?", https://500metrics.com/futures-positions/msci-eafe-mini.

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