ETH: CFTC COT Index by Trader Group
Shown as its 2–31 Oct 2026 sample; the latest readings and full history are included with Plus.
Where each group's net position stands within its own range of the last three years, from 0 (the most short it has been) to 100 (the most long).
Why use it. Extremes say more than levels: leveraged funds at the short end of their range, or asset managers at the long end of theirs, have often come near turning points. How to read it. Readings above 80 or below 20 are extremes for that group. The index ranks the net position as a share of open interest, so the growth of the market does not push it up by itself.
Calculation. For each report: the group's net position across every Ethereum futures contract (in ETH) divided by the total open interest; the index is 100 x (this report's share - its lowest of the last 156 reports) / (its highest - its lowest), from the 26th report on (shorter histories use every report so far). Contracts: CME (50 ETH a contract, from 6 Apr 2021); CME Micro (0.1 ETH a contract, from 14 Dec 2021); Coinbase Nano (0.1 ETH a contract, from 14 Nov 2023); Coinbase Nano Perp-Style (0.1 ETH a contract, from 22 Jul 2025). One value per weekly report, dated the Tuesday whose positions it lists (positions at that day's close); the CFTC publishes each report the following Friday at 15:30 US Eastern time and CryptoKeyhole reads it within ten minutes. The CFTC revises a report now and then; the whole history is read again every day. Source: the CFTC's Traders in Financial Futures report (public data of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission), read by CryptoKeyhole.