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What positions do traders hold in E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX futures?

In E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX futures, leveraged funds held a net long position of 5,095 contracts and open interest was 44,618 contracts on (CFTC Commitments of Traders, released ).

Net positions in E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX 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 E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Net positions in E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX 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+5,095
  • Asset managers and institutional+6,425
  • Dealers and intermediaries−15,240

Open interest in E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX futures each week, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Contracts

Open interest in E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX futures each week, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Open interest in E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX futures each week, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

Each point is one week of E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX 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 E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX 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 interest44,61845,56943,74540,082
Leveraged funds, net+5,095+6,274+3,669−292
Asset managers and institutional, net+6,425+6,543+255−2,142
Dealers and intermediaries, net−15,240−16,003−7,535−2,683

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Leveraged funds held a net long position of 5,095 contracts in E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX futures in the week to , the largest net long since the week of .

The dealers and intermediaries were net short 15,240 contracts that week, and asset managers and institutional net long 6,425 contracts.

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Open interestE-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX, week of 20 October 2026

Open interest was 44,618 contracts in the week to , the most since the week of .

−951 contracts from the week before, held by 70 reporting traders.

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RecordsOurs, since the week of 13 June 2006

Open interest was highest at 148,076 contracts in the week of .

Leveraged funds held their largest net long, 34,374 contracts, in the week of , and their largest net short, 21,086 contracts, in the week of .

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The other groupsNet, and the last week larger

Asset managers and institutional: net long 6,425 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

Dealers and intermediaries: net short 15,240 contracts, the largest net short since the week of .

Other reportable traders: net short 328 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 long 5,095 contracts in E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX 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 E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX futures as (S&P 400 INDEX X $100), and the market as E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX - 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 E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX positions split between long and short?Week of 20 October 2026, contracts
Long, short and spread positions of each group in E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX futures (E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE), week of 20 October 2026 (contracts; net is ours)
GroupLongShortSpreadNet
Leveraged funds8,1633,06817+5,095
Asset managers and institutional19,18612,7611,425+6,425
Dealers and intermediaries6,86822,10857−15,240
Other reportable traders03280−328
Nonreportable (below the reporting level)8,9024,854n/a+4,048

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What were the net positions in E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX futures each week?104 weeks, newest first, since 29 October 2024
Open interest and net positions in E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours)
WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
44,618+5,095+6,425−15,240−328
45,569+6,274+6,543−16,003−328
48,725+4,763+9,330−16,903−328
45,791+974+8,796−13,983−328
42,274+2,887+9,245−15,001−328
46,462+881+6,376−11,526−328
39,371+98+6,034−10,663−328
39,289−431+7,464−11,263−328
39,343−1,525+7,010−10,630−328
38,602−1,985+5,474−9,128−299
36,916−2,446+4,933−8,478−299
38,307−2,779+5,312−7,626−299
36,145−164+1,340−5,4270
36,060−1,064+2,354−5,8050
36,291−1,940+2,921−5,8980
38,316−1,988+4,546−7,5110
39,339−4,145+7,654−7,8770
39,435−4,182+5,394−5,4220
46,688−3,256+6,352−6,9360
37,678−1,202+2,378−4,8350
37,636−2,145+421−3,1410
38,643−177+271−3,899+225
38,788+850+620−4,9460
38,070+47−256−3,7660
37,429+35−532−3,471+207
37,549+446+224−4,040+207
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WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
38,295+1,573+292−4,933+207
38,680+1,420+711−5,449+207
40,432+2,397−1,038−3,9830
42,304+2,942−2,716−3,7270
43,087+2,272+544−4,9820
45,515+3,330+1,023−7,6040
43,907+3,454+1,743−7,9070
43,058+764+1,721−6,9450
42,708+1,668+1,909−7,295+207
43,932+1,594+1,829−7,5650
42,985+2,187−69−7,272+1,583
42,358+2,502−2,526−6,223+1,446
42,081+3,334−3,303−7,178+1,843
42,349+3,140−1,160−8,445+1,559
42,781+3,838−316−9,019+1,734
43,617+3,734+2,250−9,8770
43,897+2,883+2,434−9,0010
42,573+3,151+1,377−8,7000
51,404+2,874+3,452−10,2920
46,210+2,997+1,760−7,6790
45,750+3,176−830−5,7610
45,735+4,119−2,666−4,1290
45,397+5,063−2,928−5,0120
44,027+5,407−3,179−5,7580
44,066+3,693−53−6,9870
44,567+3,989+474−8,2730
44,228+4,081+264−7,9990
43,745+3,669+255−7,5350
44,099+2,463+1,086−8,0320
42,458+1,461+4,182−10,1010
41,516−717+5,570−9,0550
47,881−907+6,818−9,7040
41,225+710+4,293−8,1260
40,971+1,583+1,335−6,8250
40,131+1,466+1,291−6,4190
40,131+704+749−4,7930
39,958+648+293−5,353+234
37,684+813−663−3,5070
37,349+880+2−4,173+426
36,077+351+263−4,1230
35,406−539+77−3,141−362
35,415−214+516−2,148−879
34,910−597−635−352−1,031
35,526+613−2,247+417−496
39,508−356−2,580+617+293
36,341−208−3,618+2,200+283
36,933+15−3,888+2,776+230
39,150−959−3,729+3,250+230
39,566−1,234−4,944+5,0600
39,538−816−7,570+7,0040
41,043−861−9,291+7,783−499
43,704+835−11,900+8,5980
46,612+229−12,389+9,0240
47,667+759−14,689+9,6660
48,901+2,741−14,178+7,812+700
40,495+516−3,175+5040
42,594+591−1,769−1,434+733
48,377+2,668−2,381−2,815+344
43,811+3,102−2,006−3,913+299
42,634+2,848−928−6,2200
42,571+2,847+165−8,154+610
43,557+1,343+1,746−9,224+974
42,571+1,263+1,099−8,487+1,030
42,445+825+1,322−9,223+1,025
43,835+1,371+4,618−11,323+586
45,448+1,561+6,679−12,717+763
45,249+1,890+5,637−12,757+1,020
47,115+1,765+7,947−14,787+610
50,230+1,436+11,072−16,704+565
49,828+1,293+10,096−17,809+1,347
55,400+550+10,674−18,048+589
50,967+936+10,993−18,883+254
50,755+512+11,022−18,910+1,353
48,906−1,503+14,055−17,348−966
43,779−633+10,294−14,731−1,668
40,937−175+8,186−12,032−1,961
38,183−798+5,913−8,489−2,181
37,519−678+4,969−6,816−2,562

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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), E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, week of 20 October 2026, released 23 October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What positions do traders hold in E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX futures?", https://500metrics.com/futures-positions/sp-400-e-mini.

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