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Bitcoin (CME) COT Positioning

As of Sep 8, 2026, commercial hedgers are net short at -2,061 contracts and trimmed their position by +984 week over week.

Latest: Sep 8, 2026
Coverage: Sep 21, 2021 - Sep 8, 2026
Weeks: 260

Commercial net

-2,061

Net short

Week over week

-984

Trimmed

Large specs

+1,524

Retail

+537

Percentile

8th

Historic low

Net positioning

Commercials vs large speculators

260 weeks

Recent weeks

Week	Commercial net	Large spec net	Retail net
Sep 8, 2026	-2,061	+1,524	+537
Sep 1, 2026	-1,077	+703	+374
Aug 25, 2026	-1,790	+1,949	-159
Aug 18, 2026	-2,448	+2,736	-288

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BITCOIN commercial and large speculator net positioning from Sep 21, 2021 to Sep 8, 2026, with a 10th-90th percentile band
Week	Commercial net	Large spec net
2021-09-21	26	-1025
2021-09-28	178	-883
2021-10-05	554	-1518
2021-10-12	555	-1426
2021-10-19	246	-2846
2021-10-26	583	-4412
2021-11-02	421	-1612
2021-11-09	223	-1467
2021-11-16	357	-1478
2021-11-23	729	-160
2021-11-30	697	-1691
2021-12-07	117	-908
2021-12-14	257	-772
2021-12-21	39	-878
2021-12-28	-224	-542
2022-01-04	-93	-604
2022-01-11	-182	-377
2022-01-18	-22	-549
2022-01-25	-478	-34
2022-02-01	-491	141
2022-02-08	-189	-319
2022-02-15	-213	-215
2022-02-22	-256	-283
2022-03-01	-517	80
2022-03-08	-422	265
2022-03-15	-453	190
2022-03-22	-481	0
2022-03-29	-411	-271
2022-04-05	-397	-244
2022-04-12	-439	167
2022-04-19	-175	-194
2022-04-26	-426	412
2022-05-03	-429	388
2022-05-10	-789	703
2022-05-17	-875	806
2022-05-24	-817	849
2022-05-31	-503	403
2022-06-07	-529	490
2022-06-14	-947	1061
2022-06-21	-995	1046
2022-06-28	-947	1085
2022-07-05	-462	420
2022-07-12	-201	-171
2022-07-19	-66	-506
2022-07-26	-118	-121
2022-08-02	244	-581
2022-08-09	-71	-230
2022-08-16	-260	-93
2022-08-23	-1199	964
2022-08-30	-1327	1296
2022-09-06	-1301	1322
2022-09-13	-320	126
2022-09-20	-812	577
2022-09-27	-1221	1024
2022-10-04	-421	-32
2022-10-11	-1077	857
2022-10-18	-665	22
2022-10-25	-380	23
2022-11-01	-16	-452
2022-11-08	-449	18
2022-11-15	-914	571
2022-11-22	-1009	706
2022-11-29	-780	324
2022-12-06	-568	67
2022-12-13	-409	-40
2022-12-20	-795	317
2022-12-27	-1039	693
2023-01-03	-578	389
2023-01-10	-29	-594
2023-01-17	337	-627
2023-01-24	912	-1437
2023-01-31	920	-1799
2023-02-07	567	-1178
2023-02-14	365	-783
2023-02-21	438	-812
2023-02-28	286	-599
2023-03-07	-152	41
2023-03-14	-283	-102
2023-03-21	-103	-621
2023-03-28	-271	-276
2023-04-04	-183	-615
2023-04-11	373	-1122
2023-04-18	-176	-489
2023-04-25	-296	-293
2023-05-02	-819	168
2023-05-09	-1131	423
2023-05-16	-1463	1011
2023-05-23	-1245	893
2023-05-30	-624	187
2023-06-06	-1196	769
2023-06-13	-1187	743
2023-06-20	-927	397
2023-06-27	990	-2094
2023-07-03	1132	-2076
2023-07-11	804	-1855
2023-07-18	196	-1161
2023-07-25	-178	-645
2023-08-01	-86	-539
2023-08-08	456	-1149
2023-08-15	14	-712
2023-08-22	-1929	1515
2023-08-29	-2081	1507
2023-09-05	-2534	2039
2023-09-12	-2543	2232
2023-09-19	-1997	1597
2023-09-26	-2033	1794
2023-10-03	-1475	1056
2023-10-10	-1662	1151
2023-10-17	-995	327
2023-10-24	-438	-454
2023-10-31	903	-1746
2023-11-07	794	-1677
2023-11-14	481	-1344
2023-11-21	445	-876
2023-11-28	792	-1745
2023-12-05	1387	-2250
2023-12-12	1188	-2067
2023-12-19	1305	-2351
2023-12-26	1092	-2302
2024-01-02	1234	-2221
2024-01-09	779	-1618
2024-01-16	-25	-994
2024-01-23	887	-1661
2024-01-30	1017	-1798
2024-02-06	757	-1523
2024-02-13	1152	-1921
2024-02-20	1202	-2098
2024-02-27	960	-1967
2024-03-05	460	-1352
2024-03-12	59	-994
2024-03-19	1253	-2096
2024-03-26	109	-1075
2024-04-02	-1008	160
2024-04-09	-838	-153
2024-04-16	-313	-363
2024-04-23	-657	0
2024-04-30	-530	6
2024-05-07	134	-783
2024-05-14	-421	-177
2024-05-21	122	-890
2024-05-28	-148	-756
2024-06-04	366	-1119
2024-06-11	449	-1138
2024-06-18	225	-723
2024-06-25	241	-624
2024-07-02	512	-912
2024-07-09	-88	-118
2024-07-16	181	-579
2024-07-23	182	-661
2024-07-30	327	-1002
2024-08-06	-719	538
2024-08-13	-676	395
2024-08-20	17	-243
2024-08-27	-132	-166
2024-09-03	-351	108
2024-09-10	85	-353
2024-09-17	596	-973
2024-09-24	1093	-1546
2024-10-01	1453	-1684
2024-10-08	872	-1282
2024-10-15	1466	-1872
2024-10-22	1114	-1645
2024-10-29	1242	-1869
2024-11-05	927	-1457
2024-11-12	1151	-1798
2024-11-19	1294	-2084
2024-11-26	506	-1196
2024-12-03	1040	-1595
2024-12-10	236	-720
2024-12-17	-483	171
2024-12-24	-146	-129
2024-12-31	-44	-319
2025-01-07	-1408	1190
2025-01-14	-1520	1335
2025-01-21	-1007	739
2025-01-28	-1473	1165
2025-02-04	-918	786
2025-02-11	307	-367
2025-02-18	141	-367
2025-02-25	-261	204
2025-03-04	-516	614
2025-03-11	-1301	1529
2025-03-18	-1747	1841
2025-03-25	-1150	1179
2025-04-01	-306	491
2025-04-08	-897	1332
2025-04-15	-268	586
2025-04-22	612	-806
2025-04-29	915	-1231
2025-05-06	1541	-1781
2025-05-13	1548	-827
2025-05-20	1692	-1952
2025-05-27	1772	-2274
2025-06-03	1949	-2312
2025-06-10	1741	-2009
2025-06-17	1462	-1784
2025-06-24	1692	-2161
2025-07-01	1302	-1756
2025-07-08	1880	-2436
2025-07-15	1927	-2486
2025-07-22	1247	-1852
2025-07-29	530	-1008
2025-08-05	1195	-1501
2025-08-12	118	-742
2025-08-19	758	-1200
2025-08-26	280	-372
2025-09-02	649	-902
2025-09-09	56	-468
2025-09-16	-453	20
2025-09-23	-325	79
2025-09-30	-78	-108
2025-10-07	876	-1108
2025-10-14	128	-452
2025-10-21	-140	-329
2025-10-28	117	-543
2025-11-04	31	-275
2025-11-10	-99	128
2025-11-18	161	-312
2025-11-25	-262	-83
2025-12-02	-591	567
2025-12-09	-347	265
2025-12-16	19	106
2025-12-23	453	-479
2025-12-30	626	-513
2026-01-06	658	-734
2026-01-13	-134	69
2026-01-20	-445	298
2026-01-27	-585	690
2026-02-03	-968	1008
2026-02-10	-1117	1017
2026-02-17	-1707	1638
2026-02-24	-1120	1172
2026-03-03	-862	1011
2026-03-10	-1322	1302
2026-03-17	-1862	1773
2026-03-24	-1949	2106
2026-03-31	-1809	2253
2026-04-07	-2232	2540
2026-04-14	-2043	2193
2026-04-21	-2250	2071
2026-04-28	-2332	2392
2026-05-05	-1539	1441
2026-05-12	-2160	1259
2026-05-19	-2272	2112
2026-05-26	-2390	2282
2026-06-02	-2595	2458
2026-06-09	-2906	3018
2026-06-16	-3545	3475
2026-06-23	-3253	3524
2026-06-30	-3536	3770
2026-07-07	-3217	3500
2026-07-14	-2905	3091
2026-07-21	-2986	3054
2026-07-28	-3562	3904
2026-08-04	-3332	3752
2026-08-11	-3555	3865
2026-08-18	-2448	2736
2026-08-25	-1790	1949
2026-09-01	-1077	703
2026-09-08	-2061	1524

Where it sits

Full history

-3,562+1,949

The latest commercial net sits in the 8th percentile of everything this market has printed since Sep 21, 2021.

Trailing weeks

Commercial net

BITCOIN commercial net positioning over the trailing 260 weeks
Index	Value
1	26
2	178
3	554
4	555
5	246
6	583
7	421
8	223
9	357
10	729
11	697
12	117
13	257
14	39
15	-224
16	-93
17	-182
18	-22
19	-478
20	-491
21	-189
22	-213
23	-256
24	-517
25	-422
26	-453
27	-481
28	-411
29	-397
30	-439
31	-175
32	-426
33	-429
34	-789
35	-875
36	-817
37	-503
38	-529
39	-947
40	-995
41	-947
42	-462
43	-201
44	-66
45	-118
46	244
47	-71
48	-260
49	-1199
50	-1327
51	-1301
52	-320