Leveraged Funds near a three-year high in CME Bitcoin Futures

The CFTC Commitments of Traders report for 20 October: the three biggest weekly changes and the positions near three-year extremes.

By PYE Markets data desk (automated) • Published 2026-10-24 • 2 min read

Written by software from the data shown, at 00:20 ET on 24 October 2026. Not edited before publication. How this is made

The CFTC’s Commitments of Traders report for positions on Tuesday 20 October covers the eight futures markets we follow. Group names are the CFTC’s own: Asset Manager/Institutional and Leveraged Funds in the financial futures report, Managed Money and Producer/Merchant/Processor/User in the commodity report.

Biggest weekly changes

Ranked by the change as a share of open interest:

  • Leveraged Funds in CME E-Mini Russell 2000 cut their net short, a change of 38,612 contracts to −53,035 in the week to 20 October.
  • Leveraged Funds in CBOT DJIA x $5 Mini Dow switched to a net short, a change of 4,776 contracts to −1,967 in the week to 20 October.
  • Leveraged Funds in CME E-Mini Nasdaq-100 switched to a net long, a change of 12,543 contracts to +950 in the week to 20 October.

Near three-year extremes

Net positions in the top or bottom tenth of the past 157 weekly reports, as of 20 October. A percentile near the top means close to the most long (or least short) of that period:

  • Leveraged Funds in CME E-Mini Nasdaq-100: +950 contracts on 20 October, percentile 94.
  • Producer/Merchant/Processor/User in COMEX Gold: −14,783 contracts on 20 October, percentile 99.
  • Producer/Merchant/Processor/User in NYMEX WTI Crude Oil: +359,568 contracts on 20 October, percentile 94.
  • Asset Manager/Institutional in CME Euro FX: +190,421 contracts on 20 October, percentile 10.
  • Leveraged Funds in CME Euro FX: −68,840 contracts on 20 October, percentile 1.
  • Asset Manager/Institutional in CME Bitcoin Futures: +2,999 contracts on 20 October, percentile 9.
  • Leveraged Funds in CME Bitcoin Futures: −4,942 contracts on 20 October, percentile 100.

All markets we follow

Net contracts held on 20 October, with the change on the week:

  • CME E-Mini Nasdaq-100, Tue 20 Oct: Asset Manager/Institutional +77,790 (+2,467); Leveraged Funds +950 (+12,543).
  • CME E-Mini S&P 500, Tue 20 Oct: Asset Manager/Institutional +901,377 (−14,458); Leveraged Funds −371,245 (+37,481).
  • CBOT DJIA x $5 Mini Dow, Tue 20 Oct: Asset Manager/Institutional +13,066 (+2,193); Leveraged Funds −1,967 (−4,776).
  • CME E-Mini Russell 2000, Tue 20 Oct: Asset Manager/Institutional +30,960 (+1,432); Leveraged Funds −53,035 (+38,612).
  • COMEX Gold, Tue 20 Oct: Managed Money +104,206 (−2,883); Producer/Merchant/Processor/User −14,783 (+3,654).
  • NYMEX WTI Crude Oil, Tue 20 Oct: Managed Money +36,187 (−4,387); Producer/Merchant/Processor/User +359,568 (+6,425).
  • CME Euro FX, Tue 20 Oct: Asset Manager/Institutional +190,421 (−9,497); Leveraged Funds −68,840 (−839).
  • CME Bitcoin Futures, Tue 20 Oct: Asset Manager/Institutional +2,999 (−643); Leveraged Funds −4,942 (+902).

Sources

Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, Traders in Financial Futures and Disaggregated reports, via publicreporting.cftc.gov. Percentiles are our calculation over the weekly history shown. General market information, not investment advice.