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EURO FX · CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE · CFTC code 099741 · week ending 2026-08-11

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Leveraged Money is net short 7.6% of open interest — a crowded short

Leveraged Money holds a net position of −60,600 contracts, or 7.6% of the 801,884 contracts of open interest, leaving the category net short. That is more than two standard deviations below its three-year average — the short side is crowded, which raises the risk of a squeeze (z = −2.35 and sits at 3 on a 0–100 scale of its three-year range). In contracts, the net position moved −8,395 while open interest moved +1,975 — new shorts entering, with fresh money taking the short side as open interest grew. That is −1.03pp as a share of open interest.

Net position as a share of open interest

Leveraged Money · blue above the line is net long, red below is net short

Open interest

The denominator. Positioning shares mean little without knowing whether the market itself is growing or shrinking.

Z-score vs its own 3-year history

Shaded beyond ±2σ. Measures how unusual today's share is for this market.

COT Index (0–100)

Rank within the 3-year range. Shaded below 10 and above 90.

Weekly flow, adjusted for open interest

Change in the net share week over week, in percentage points of open interest.

Who is on the other side

Net share of open interest by trader group. The groups net to zero — every long is someone's short.

Dealer / Intermediary Asset Manager Leveraged Money Other Reportable Non-Reportable

The classic Commercial / Large Speculator split is not offered for financial futures. The CFTC's financial taxonomy (Dealer, Asset Manager, Leveraged Money) is a different cut rather than a subdivision of the legacy one, and no combination of its categories reproduces the legacy figures, so presenting one would be a guess.

Recent weeks (table view)
Week Open interest Net Net % OI Δ pp Z COT Idx
2026-08-11 801,884 −60,600 -7.56% -1.03 -2.35 3
2026-08-04 799,909 −52,205 -6.53% 1.43 -2.09 10
2026-07-28 819,806 −65,198 -7.95% -0.87 -2.58 0
2026-07-21 800,061 −56,671 -7.08% -0.37 -2.38 5
2026-07-14 799,495 −53,691 -6.72% -1.00 -2.32 8
2026-07-07 794,833 −45,461 -5.72% -1.59 -2.06 14
2026-06-30 790,076 −32,644 -4.13% -2.17 -1.57 26
2026-06-23 785,477 −15,410 -1.96% -0.96 -0.87 41
2026-06-16 894,671 −8,926 -1.00% 1.00 -0.56 48
2026-06-09 871,507 −17,388 -2.00% -3.42 -0.90 41
2026-06-02 842,424 12,027 1.43% 0.54 0.24 65
2026-05-26 824,224 7,296 0.89% -1.09 0.05 61