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COT Positioning

Ultra T-Bond

UB · report date 2026-06-30

Read with care: leveraged-fund net shorts in Treasury futures largely reflect the cash-futures basis trade (long cash bonds vs. short futures), not directional bets on rates. Interpret the speculative net accordingly.

Latest report

2026-06-30 · OI 2,456,625
CategoryLongShortNet1-wk Δ% of OI
Leveraged Funds87,866997,768-909,902+15,64829.6%
Dealer/Intermediary20,868276,597-255,729+3,3568.1%
Asset Managers1,670,677544,142+1,126,535-28,54760.4%
Other Reportables32,79335,752-2,959-8,6051.9%

Trader group split

  • Lev funds29.6%
  • Dealer8.1%
  • Asset mgrs60.4%
  • Other1.9%

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Positions by category

Price — weekly candles

Open interest

Lev funds net vs price

Z-score (±2 bands)

Lev funds — weekly change

Δ LongΔ ShortΔ Net

Last 26 weeks — all metrics

WeekLev funds netDealer netAsset mgrs netOther net1-wk Δ% OICOT IdxzPriceExtreme
2026-06-30-909,902-255,729+1,126,535-2,959+15,648-37.0%6-2.53116.16Extreme
2026-06-23-925,550-259,085+1,155,082+5,646+13,224-37.3%3-2.75115.47Extreme
2026-06-16-938,774-242,081+1,163,081+9,680-3,616-38.0%0-2.98116.19Extreme
2026-06-09-935,158-213,303+1,139,250+10,715-25,761-39.0%0-3.05114.59Extreme
2026-06-02-909,397-173,094+1,081,870+8,915-38,384-38.6%0-2.89115.34Extreme
2026-05-26-871,013-192,010+1,066,258+8,877+15,050-34.4%6-2.57114.22Extreme
2026-05-19-886,063-196,692+1,079,369+13,068-12,834-35.0%3-2.82111.50Extreme
2026-05-12-873,229-268,638+1,145,367+10,880+2,354-37.1%6-2.76114.28Extreme
2026-05-05-875,583-265,815+1,138,213+12,636+7,694-38.1%5-2.88115.03Extreme
2026-04-28-883,277-299,942+1,165,356+11,555+10,075-38.2%3-3.07115.84Extreme
2026-04-21-893,352-307,579+1,185,560+12,333+4,000-39.3%1-3.32116.62Extreme
2026-04-14-897,352-316,811+1,195,571+13,643-35,757-39.4%0-3.52117.12Extreme
2026-04-07-861,595-322,484+1,170,097+14,992-14,270-38.1%0-3.21116.12Extreme
2026-03-31-847,325-315,180+1,131,051+15,026-15,183-38.0%0-3.14116.56Extreme
2026-03-24-832,142-321,022+1,119,030+12,567+4,036-37.4%2-3.05115.62Extreme
2026-03-17-836,178-301,715+1,132,733+3,384+4,868-37.5%1-3.22117.78Extreme
2026-03-10-841,046-311,153+1,125,454+9,829-98,579-36.9%0-3.43119.31Extreme
2026-03-03-742,467-363,724+1,084,468+7,994+27,090-33.3%9-2.01120.62Extreme
2026-02-24-769,557-355,783+1,108,447+3,951-4,618-30.3%0-2.49120.81Extreme
2026-02-17-764,939-352,252+1,088,602+7,025-25,325-33.9%0-2.48120.97Extreme
2026-02-10-739,614-350,857+1,073,829+16,475-33,139-33.7%0-2.11119.06Extreme
2026-02-03-706,475-347,420+1,036,283+16,538-11,629-32.3%2-1.58116.81Extreme
2026-01-27-694,846-354,264+1,027,638+14,981-30,223-32.1%7-1.40118.12
2026-01-20-664,623-336,106+973,281+21,895-43,477-30.9%20-0.89116.53
2026-01-13-621,146-326,470+920,755+20,365-32,147-29.5%37-0.13118.12
2026-01-06-588,999-318,549+869,833+19,481+27,039-28.1%510.43117.34