COT positioning · CFTC, published Fridays for the Tuesday before · speculators = leveraged funds (indices, FX) / managed money (gold)

NAS100 · NASDAQ-100 Consolidated · report 29 Sep 2026

36.3% long
net -33,782 (+1,888 w/w) · 3-year percentile 59
Long share, last 52 weeks · dashed = 50%
Speculators are net short NAS100 (36.3% of their positions long, net -33,782), adding 1,888 this week. That is the 59th percentile of three years — not at an extreme; positioning is not the story this week.
reportlongshortnetlong %pctile
29 Sep44,81478,596-33,78236.3%59
22 Sep52,92588,595-35,67037.4%55
15 Sep46,08559,137-13,05243.8%86
08 Sep42,04178,925-36,88434.8%52
01 Sep49,94567,979-18,03442.4%77
25 Aug46,57390,889-44,31633.9%39
18 Aug40,706108,415-67,70927.3%8
11 Aug30,345127,072-96,72719.3%1

USDJPY · JAPANESE YEN · report 29 Sep 2026

54.2% long
net 14,161 (+21,584 w/w) · 3-year percentile 21
Long share, last 52 weeks · dashed = 50%
Speculators are net long USDJPY (54.2% of their positions long, net 14,161), adding 21,584 this week. That is the 21th percentile of three years — not at an extreme; positioning is not the story this week.
reportlongshortnetlong %pctile
29 Sep91,59077,42914,16154.2%21
22 Sep85,50092,923-7,42347.9%12
15 Sep87,132110,302-23,17044.1%3
08 Sep130,85881,76049,09861.5%46
01 Sep160,71758,529102,18873.3%95
25 Aug143,57066,52877,04268.3%81
18 Aug135,74767,77667,97166.7%73
11 Aug128,04374,97353,07063.1%54

XAUUSD · GOLD · report 29 Sep 2026

92% long
net 120,318 (-7,071 w/w) · 3-year percentile 38
Long share, last 52 weeks · dashed = 50%
Speculators are net long XAUUSD (92% of their positions long, net 120,318), cutting 7,071 this week. That is the 38th percentile of three years — not at an extreme; positioning is not the story this week.
reportlongshortnetlong %pctile
29 Sep131,71111,393120,31892%38
22 Sep135,6998,310127,38994.2%46
15 Sep142,3949,278133,11693.9%52
08 Sep145,80410,832134,97293.1%54
01 Sep149,72112,950136,77192%57
25 Aug159,81915,072144,74791.4%64
18 Aug154,59512,947141,64892.3%61
11 Aug148,63410,972137,66293.1%60
GER40 trades on Eurex; the CFTC publishes nothing for it. Yen futures are quoted as JPY per USD, so the sides are inverted to read as USDJPY. Classic reading: speculators at a 3-year extreme = a crowded position exposed to a reversal; weekly observation, never a signal.
Prep only. Every number traces to a stored input. The desk never trades.