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COT Positioning

10-Year T-Note

ZN · report date 2026-10-06

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

2026-10-06 · OI 5,742,990
CategoryLongShortNet1-wk Δ% of OI
Leveraged Funds510,6112,650,396-2,139,785-103,35335.4%
Dealer/Intermediary98,637740,670-642,033+94,5529.4%
Asset Managers3,602,149774,010+2,828,139+51,60849.1%
Other Reportables235,054307,808-72,754-20,4676.1%

Trader group split

  • Lev funds35.4%
  • Dealer9.4%
  • Asset mgrs49.1%
  • Other6.1%

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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
2026-10-06-2,139,785-642,033+2,828,139-72,754-103,353-37.3%27-0.86104.50—
2026-09-29-2,036,432-736,585+2,776,531-52,287-109,485-35.9%34-0.60104.42—
2026-09-22-1,926,947-580,674+2,531,384-9,480-58,821-35.6%41-0.31106.00—
2026-09-15-1,868,126-719,408+2,634,980-44,179+70,628-34.7%45-0.16106.19—
2026-09-08-1,938,754-634,446+2,561,681+14,908+123,748-37.1%41-0.36107.58—
2026-09-01-2,062,502-587,097+2,604,213+21,492+71,837-39.1%32-0.69107.62—
2026-08-25-2,134,339-580,307+2,592,072+58,624+94,674-34.4%27-0.89108.86—
2026-08-18-2,229,013-489,394+2,585,495+100,336-65,299-39.8%21-1.16108.56—
2026-08-11-2,163,714-474,266+2,554,411+82,527+67,956-39.6%25-1.00108.48—
2026-08-04-2,231,670-408,454+2,594,679+61,618-75,931-42.4%21-1.19108.84—
2026-07-28-2,155,739-459,602+2,611,964+17,525-90,934-40.6%26-1.01108.81—
2026-07-21-2,064,805-516,588+2,537,186+54,619+14,848-39.2%32-0.78108.64—
2026-07-14-2,079,653-493,035+2,512,431+32,171-75,630-39.4%31-0.83108.92—
2026-07-07-2,004,023-477,426+2,425,982+34,476-34,172-37.7%36-0.64109.33—
2026-06-30-1,969,851-429,521+2,378,150+1,713-31,104-37.5%39-0.56109.89—
2026-06-23-1,938,747-487,810+2,394,087+23,398+143,489-36.8%41-0.49109.38—
2026-06-16-2,082,236-439,759+2,485,001+17,243-102,725-39.1%31-0.87110.19—
2026-06-09-1,979,511-462,478+2,412,885+29,992-16,417-37.7%38-0.61109.48—
2026-06-02-1,963,094-442,156+2,354,292+43,125+42,886-36.9%39-0.58109.95—
2026-05-26-2,005,980-458,966+2,070,343+102,834-53,243-32.1%36-0.70109.83—
2026-05-19-1,952,737-489,043+2,267,251+112,752+4,205-33.5%40-0.57108.70—
2026-05-12-1,956,942-407,941+2,120,141+197,318+46,906-33.4%39-0.59110.03—
2026-05-05-2,003,848-397,312+2,137,785+195,449+91,951-37.3%36-0.72110.34—
2026-04-28-2,095,799-441,203+2,257,647+188,138-55,524-39.0%30-0.97110.86—
2026-04-21-2,040,275-398,656+2,200,370+174,479-30,304-39.1%34-0.84111.30—
2026-04-14-2,009,971-394,403+2,213,257+148,709-34,286-38.8%36-0.77111.53—