Stats Options, shorts and positioning Commitment of Traders

Asset managers are net long 944,770 E-mini S&P 500 contracts

Asset managers: 944.8k+944.8kAssetmanagersLeveraged funds: -297.5k-297.5kLeveragedfundsDealers: -757.2k-757.2kDealers

Asset managers long, dealers and leveraged funds short. This configuration is close to permanent. Source: CFTC Traders in Financial Futures.

Futures are zero sum, so every long position is matched by a short. In the CFTC report for 28 July 2026 asset managers were net long 944,770 E-mini contracts, dealers net short 757,194. That arrangement is structural, not a market call.

1,984,408Open interest
+944,770Asset managers, net
-757,194Dealers, net
-297,476Leveraged funds, net

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