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What positions do traders hold in NASDAQ MINI futures?

In NASDAQ MINI futures, leveraged funds held a net long position of 950 contracts and open interest was 272,462 contracts on (CFTC Commitments of Traders, released ).

Net positions in NASDAQ MINI 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 NASDAQ MINI futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Net positions in NASDAQ MINI 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+950
  • Asset managers and institutional+77,790
  • Dealers and intermediaries−94,122

Open interest in NASDAQ MINI futures each week, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Contracts

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

Each point is one week of NASDAQ MINI 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 NASDAQ MINI 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 interest272,462279,515278,830237,365
Leveraged funds, net+950−11,593−5,097−10,226
Asset managers and institutional, net+77,790+75,323+83,437+25,161
Dealers and intermediaries, net−94,122−77,932−89,015+1,239

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Right now

Leveraged funds held a net long position of 950 contracts in NASDAQ MINI futures in the week to , the largest net long since the week of .

The dealers and intermediaries were net short 94,122 contracts that week, and asset managers and institutional net long 77,790 contracts.

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Open interestNASDAQ MINI, week of 20 October 2026

Open interest was 272,462 contracts in the week to , the most since the week of .

−7,053 contracts from the week before, held by 277 reporting traders.

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RecordsOurs, since the week of 13 June 2006

Open interest was highest at 607,635 contracts in the week of .

Leveraged funds held their largest net long, 191,522 contracts, in the week of , and their largest net short, 141,309 contracts, in the week of .

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The other groupsNet, and the last week larger

Asset managers and institutional: net long 77,790 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

Dealers and intermediaries: net short 94,122 contracts, the largest net short since the week of .

Other reportable traders: net long 2,532 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 long 950 contracts in NASDAQ MINI 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 NASDAQ MINI futures as (NASDAQ 100 STOCK INDEX X $20), and the market as NASDAQ MINI - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE.

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 NASDAQ MINI positions split between long and short?Week of 20 October 2026, contracts
Long, short and spread positions of each group in NASDAQ MINI futures (NASDAQ MINI - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE), week of 20 October 2026 (contracts; net is ours)
GroupLongShortSpreadNet
Leveraged funds51,74950,7999,142+950
Asset managers and institutional109,98532,1954,946+77,790
Dealers and intermediaries38,475132,5973,549−94,122
Other reportable traders13,01210,4800+2,532
Nonreportable (below the reporting level)41,60428,754n/a+12,850

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What were the net positions in NASDAQ MINI futures each week?104 weeks, newest first, since 29 October 2024
Open interest and net positions in NASDAQ MINI futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours)
WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
272,462+950+77,790−94,122+2,532
279,515−11,593+75,323−77,932+2,898
283,586−19,212+73,798−72,562+7,653
270,554−24,723+69,744−58,242+2,877
286,321−30,683+72,220−58,404+7,254
325,784−6,387+66,811−79,229+3,665
295,151−31,872+75,526−66,712+2,935
300,140−14,092+71,877−78,774+1,459
301,987−41,232+73,216−63,248+4,167
297,931−61,771+68,332−35,042+5,718
282,662−89,125+61,665+2,897+2,736
303,624−78,333+64,359+8,749+6,028
294,781−58,298+76,759−27,581−912
286,903−74,690+72,625−5,700+300
284,971−64,163+74,063−11,027−4,152
285,086−55,013+78,970−30,244−3,354
278,558−68,617+67,310−3,096−949
265,083−51,062+62,908−18,807−1,664
344,441−28,154+70,323−43,973−3,017
305,568−34,306+83,367−47,341−3,789
314,972−53,650+79,091−30,679+4,101
302,990−51,679+85,063−45,022+4,991
293,186−45,371+92,301−58,870+6,487
287,752−52,042+90,218−44,002+2,104
287,657−36,100+85,132−60,600+6,336
275,963−35,950+78,698−53,969+6,905
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WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
267,620−39,000+84,291−56,267+6,523
260,197−49,667+76,305−32,556+5,638
246,794−38,828+57,581−21,127+5,394
245,322−37,103+57,650−27,753+5,898
235,906−39,379+50,270−19,442+4,357
300,943−31,462+60,251−33,963+1,922
259,842−25,167+64,421−40,667+1,576
273,307−21,789+67,583−45,392+109
270,599−16,554+69,294−60,298+1,107
272,951−9,316+73,841−73,721+2,150
263,282−8,601+72,147−75,820+2,450
268,823−11,380+72,324−78,497+4,530
260,759−16,838+79,357−81,411+5,487
267,118−27,012+79,982−71,660+5,437
278,878−22,748+84,342−84,180+7,022
274,253−18,451+81,161−87,938+6,169
276,539−25,674+81,201−78,731+4,799
265,616−15,142+76,322−83,837+4,753
378,693−6,974+80,482−91,827+1,475
325,383−21,306+80,217−77,194+3,855
308,211−3,040+76,920−90,989+3,311
296,684+9,671+77,156−100,468+4,280
299,587+10,383+77,522−105,846+4,087
296,639+17,619+73,854−105,831+2,305
292,709+9,130+79,977−102,533+3,073
299,186+11,174+76,269−94,539+1,654
289,838+2,044+82,133−96,200+5,037
278,830−5,097+83,437−89,015+3,102
285,401−7,214+84,200−87,851+5,041
278,188−1,624+79,712−89,835+5,149
274,695−26,084+78,056−60,261+4,301
351,421−24,004+81,873−67,377+3,035
296,970−25,025+79,991−68,663+6,004
282,221−18,630+75,622−68,898+4,333
284,355−16,901+80,177−82,624+6,709
289,577−18,739+82,988−79,894+5,022
303,576−16,290+82,264−79,547+7,034
277,507−14,625+76,562−81,241+8,373
281,762−21,485+73,263−65,284+7,727
270,972−23,929+65,417−66,130+18,238
271,661−20,474+68,201−70,690+16,646
270,422−11,089+61,386−70,762+10,050
265,393−15,684+55,046−60,745+10,182
253,330−32,010+49,978−37,294+13,791
311,779−44,772+55,442−15,459+13,181
276,888−40,915+53,684−13,067+5,963
277,034−50,180+54,262−8,736+9,870
275,143−47,768+51,383−1,042+4,284
279,368−52,693+49,342+12,807+1,351
283,667−53,987+43,320+14,344+5,717
258,249−36,670+41,109−2,015+7,669
246,874−26,356+39,720−12,506+6,713
242,084−328+33,676−35,630+2,717
235,406−13,393+39,825−32,079+6,608
254,563+5,620+37,227−46,833−2,181
247,658−30,542+47,450−37,240+6,998
224,189−35,890+39,733−21,620+2,583
301,517+1,057+33,943−65,993+12,530
303,084+4,666+38,468−92,132+25,005
288,147−11,655+48,530−83,113+27,782
286,114−27,871+58,532−74,735+27,535
289,760−68,221+66,455−46,470+41,305
263,509−52,304+65,213−46,259+23,926
259,061−48,752+59,246−48,205+25,878
267,882−49,925+59,072−53,040+31,826
254,361−40,152+61,010−63,643+24,620
253,879−37,409+65,520−63,013+21,386
241,165−39,080+65,220−62,636+21,524
252,471−32,054+68,625−84,526+28,122
246,014−44,340+65,457−69,711+34,361
324,728−54,418+71,664−74,337+45,999
291,787−47,228+79,449−80,877+34,365
293,572−50,624+79,210−72,117+32,257
275,658−44,934+76,184−69,428+27,222
275,071−39,235+77,090−75,224+25,010
277,197−48,462+76,961−65,372+22,890
252,753−38,711+67,498−60,922+20,569
257,382−42,330+69,191−53,947+15,970

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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), NASDAQ MINI - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, week of 20 October 2026, released 23 October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What positions do traders hold in NASDAQ MINI futures?", https://500metrics.com/futures-positions/nasdaq-100-mini.

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