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What positions do traders hold in RUSSELL E-MINI futures?

In RUSSELL E-MINI futures, leveraged funds held a net short position of 53,035 contracts and open interest was 466,789 contracts on (CFTC Commitments of Traders, released ).

Net positions in RUSSELL E-MINI futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts

15 August 2017 to 20 October 2026Net is long less short, ours; contracts

Net positions in RUSSELL E-MINI futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts (15 August 2017 to 20 October 2026)
Net positions in RUSSELL E-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−53,035
  • Asset managers and institutional+30,960
  • Dealers and intermediaries+23,003

Open interest in RUSSELL E-MINI futures each week, contracts

15 August 2017 to 20 October 2026Contracts

Open interest in RUSSELL E-MINI futures each week, contracts (15 August 2017 to 20 October 2026)
Open interest in RUSSELL E-MINI futures each week, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

Each point is one week of RUSSELL E-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 RUSSELL E-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 interest466,789444,784381,590457,361
Leveraged funds, net−53,035−91,647−70,144−69,263
Asset managers and institutional, net+30,960+29,528+10,228+32,206
Dealers and intermediaries, net+23,003+57,503+56,130+60,653

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Right now

Leveraged funds held a net short position of 53,035 contracts in RUSSELL E-MINI futures in the week to , the largest net short since the week of .

The dealers and intermediaries were net long 23,003 contracts that week, and asset managers and institutional net long 30,960 contracts.

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Open interestRUSSELL E-MINI, week of 20 October 2026

Open interest was 466,789 contracts in the week to , the most since the week of .

+22,005 contracts from the week before, held by 322 reporting traders.

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RecordsOurs, since the week of 15 August 2017

Open interest was highest at 809,537 contracts in the week of .

Leveraged funds held their largest net long, 94,894 contracts, in the week of , and their largest net short, 117,122 contracts, in the week of .

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The other groupsNet, and the last week larger

Asset managers and institutional: net long 30,960 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

Dealers and intermediaries: net long 23,003 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

Other reportable traders: net short 8,316 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 53,035 contracts in RUSSELL E-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 RUSSELL E-MINI futures as (RUSSEL 2000 INDEX X $50), and the market as RUSSELL E-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 15 August 2017, and the last week a group's net position was larger on the same side.

The numbers behind the chart

How were the RUSSELL E-MINI positions split between long and short?Week of 20 October 2026, contracts
Long, short and spread positions of each group in RUSSELL E-MINI futures (RUSSELL E-MINI - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE), week of 20 October 2026 (contracts; net is ours)
GroupLongShortSpreadNet
Leveraged funds125,748178,78319,538−53,035
Asset managers and institutional148,470117,51032,222+30,960
Dealers and intermediaries102,20879,2056,977+23,003
Other reportable traders2,39810,7140−8,316
Nonreportable (below the reporting level)29,22821,840n/a+7,388

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What were the net positions in RUSSELL E-MINI futures each week?104 weeks, newest first, since 29 October 2024
Open interest and net positions in RUSSELL E-MINI futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours)
WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
466,789−53,035+30,960+23,003−8,316
444,784−91,647+29,528+57,503−8,009
425,152−105,317+45,495+61,393−9,132
428,048−114,554+39,768+77,691−10,133
415,047−107,982+33,028+75,744−8,183
496,762−97,203+24,273+80,602−11,339
431,147−110,147+23,564+89,619−8,741
424,663−109,499+17,498+96,593−8,154
413,000−97,700+12,331+83,908−7,204
424,956−99,786+14,354+86,131−8,007
419,222−95,158+10,130+90,694−13,540
417,259−85,145+6,198+79,913−11,384
417,083−74,620+952+74,514−7,694
411,524−73,468−890+72,106−7,425
405,743−88,112+7,554+75,880−6,921
406,632−72,262−366+70,096−7,063
399,628−84,358+7,831+72,099−7,270
386,817−56,428+5,365+51,153−9,756
492,996−84,570+14,808+68,383−9,260
397,144−74,454−16,315+85,962+922
413,739−73,340−10,134+83,980−3,509
424,698−68,212−6,082+68,836−386
421,242−67,429−2,073+64,332−368
429,290−60,631−9,348+66,123+728
427,367−55,354−14,854+65,221+2,949
412,001−65,275+19,847+49,788−6,605
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WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
411,435−55,818+14,892+43,827−6,617
404,501−50,736+17,891+34,672−4,471
397,438−36,746+6,514+32,596−4,129
399,456−39,430+15,673+25,442−3,935
404,533−49,320+32,961+15,431−49
481,226−53,978+44,220+12,411−4,188
402,664−43,360+44,615−5,762−2,778
401,236−36,591+59,794−25,140−4,769
396,109−36,615+56,054−22,892−8,602
392,196−26,752+56,113−36,291−7,559
408,094−29,959+50,323−37,482+2,469
407,183−38,075+44,858−25,220+3,301
416,547−16,911+31,276−31,132+2,713
413,471−10,486+29,787−31,050+658
397,732−12,564+29,976−32,541+2,179
394,363−14,985+37,370−28,879−7,078
388,787−27,669+40,344−22,579−7,013
388,537−21,987+40,015−29,908−5,681
503,526−42,296+34,834−6,558−6,089
413,907−48,287+27,393+17,821−8,769
379,767−54,366+26,408+27,429−9,009
366,685−57,610+20,127+32,357−4,329
388,785−91,086+22,768+60,925−4,670
392,134−81,258+17,739+56,543−4,124
394,943−80,270+8,758+67,920−4,288
384,572−70,143+12,122+49,764−4,281
383,684−63,845+11,396+49,452−4,018
381,590−70,144+10,228+56,130−3,569
387,003−65,509−2,384+60,079−1,790
355,192−67,624+19,210+40,442−2,191
369,261−75,850+26,057+40,608−4,105
477,326−90,215+24,367+59,485−2,664
423,895−87,081+20,032+56,780−1,696
411,921−76,948+18,311+47,749−1,335
411,590−78,059+14,574+54,874−557
418,180−93,762+8,962+78,295+345
424,985−114,496+17,865+91,201−74
427,309−117,122+16,559+97,686−430
406,989−90,644+15,292+71,611−3,390
398,690−77,437+11,971+70,621−9,050
391,568−79,005+15,548+67,886−11,433
397,829−77,597+27,677+52,808−8,343
388,073−75,149+24,992+48,991−4,195
389,754−67,883+22,049+34,302+6,493
501,995−62,482+20,519+45,688−4,663
447,044−44,139+18,447+31,478−6,122
445,327−45,439+24,872+26,914−2,199
434,066−36,514+26,862+11,941+295
435,666−33,740+30,674+5,220+1,448
443,279−36,408+25,360+8,178+5,375
449,683−41,096+18,815+6,860+19,436
459,912−26,790+22,784−12,771+19,525
464,123−26,168+24,034−21,479+12,099
454,242−11,059+16,086−9,142+3,453
453,401−9,325+17,278−17,077+436
412,519−15,146+34,605−24,726−3,048
399,445−19,270+39,603−24,121−2,100
502,107+18,269+35,503−51,142−7,196
473,874+15,124+48,030−58,077−14,058
445,584−11,308+72,008−50,419−18,435
422,488−31,498+85,398−49,149−17,457
416,609−53,129+101,188−53,987−8,481
414,957−52,464+99,500−48,098−11,149
420,318−47,249+100,533−60,530−8,066
425,708−61,905+119,823−67,783−5,783
436,046−54,444+123,319−84,498−2,857
453,908−46,256+122,492−92,940+152
462,215−39,304+137,447−117,576−31
470,377−40,489+155,241−143,136+7,291
462,103−42,329+147,762−132,150+3,378
569,474−45,640+170,129−146,501−684
520,767−67,866+176,132−150,494+15,771
503,146−76,547+170,745−132,840+11,892
495,231−63,710+150,493−126,931+14,951
488,795−59,469+155,296−141,817+21,779
480,846−52,990+165,662−148,813+14,106
448,893−48,730+121,919−104,219+16,285
438,061−39,466+107,830−88,379+4,819

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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 15 August 2017, 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), RUSSELL E-MINI - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, week of 20 October 2026, released 23 October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What positions do traders hold in RUSSELL E-MINI futures?", https://500metrics.com/futures-positions/russell-e-mini.

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