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Russell 2000 E-mini COT Positioning

As of Sep 8, 2026, commercial hedgers are net long at +77,130 contracts and added to their position by +9,029 week over week.

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

Commercial net

+77,130

Net long

Week over week

+9,029

Added

Large specs

-82,835

Retail

+5,705

Percentile

91th

Historic high

Net positioning

Commercials vs large speculators

260 weeks

Recent weeks

Week	Commercial net	Large spec net	Retail net
Sep 8, 2026	+77,130	-82,835	+5,705
Sep 1, 2026	+68,101	-71,663	+3,562
Aug 25, 2026	+42,913	-51,578	+8,665
Aug 18, 2026	+34,907	-42,215	+7,308

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RUSSELL 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	59539	-66601
2021-09-28	47686	-55643
2021-10-05	49078	-58613
2021-10-12	37536	-48706
2021-10-19	45830	-59321
2021-10-26	40887	-54431
2021-11-02	22322	-38171
2021-11-09	7525	-24521
2021-11-16	-292	-20167
2021-11-23	463	-21538
2021-11-30	12788	-31141
2021-12-07	12683	-27001
2021-12-14	17302	-27714
2021-12-21	682	-12173
2021-12-28	6890	-20299
2022-01-04	3155	-15793
2022-01-11	-5361	-5386
2022-01-18	4712	-14646
2022-01-25	-4761	-2824
2022-02-01	32679	-36092
2022-02-08	35846	-37717
2022-02-15	31396	-31710
2022-02-22	26059	-26075
2022-03-01	33648	-29586
2022-03-08	30550	-25476
2022-03-15	35318	-31096
2022-03-22	48805	-47459
2022-03-29	57497	-55721
2022-04-05	58774	-58283
2022-04-12	44602	-43206
2022-04-19	41861	-40328
2022-04-26	48429	-44257
2022-05-03	47415	-44795
2022-05-10	74534	-69622
2022-05-17	74083	-70048
2022-05-24	77128	-74648
2022-05-31	81549	-78560
2022-06-07	77446	-73582
2022-06-14	89326	-95246
2022-06-21	107890	-105596
2022-06-28	109982	-104620
2022-07-05	123533	-118593
2022-07-12	123998	-117778
2022-07-19	105868	-100689
2022-07-26	110009	-105211
2022-08-02	123483	-119954
2022-08-09	117463	-112867
2022-08-16	118367	-116465
2022-08-23	96990	-94923
2022-08-30	92282	-91149
2022-09-06	96814	-95605
2022-09-13	107746	-99152
2022-09-20	107880	-106838
2022-09-27	107336	-106061
2022-10-04	98231	-99193
2022-10-11	86662	-85583
2022-10-18	74483	-79821
2022-10-25	73954	-80524
2022-11-01	44770	-49650
2022-11-08	57583	-61263
2022-11-15	61316	-67964
2022-11-22	59391	-64949
2022-11-29	52885	-57617
2022-12-06	67261	-73435
2022-12-13	57647	-63784
2022-12-20	57052	-58914
2022-12-27	69515	-69924
2023-01-03	65079	-65361
2023-01-10	54539	-58128
2023-01-17	59423	-62915
2023-01-24	61283	-67401
2023-01-31	57143	-63024
2023-02-07	65894	-75146
2023-02-14	56535	-63908
2023-02-21	48858	-54548
2023-02-28	41374	-42831
2023-03-07	45086	-50491
2023-03-14	49431	-49303
2023-03-21	44694	-44988
2023-03-28	43502	-42750
2023-04-04	61943	-56956
2023-04-11	46801	-45131
2023-04-18	64474	-59162
2023-04-25	57566	-52119
2023-05-02	63996	-59416
2023-05-09	66997	-59673
2023-05-16	70545	-64003
2023-05-23	55396	-48893
2023-05-30	69338	-63062
2023-06-06	62109	-62588
2023-06-13	70626	-75896
2023-06-20	70994	-72709
2023-06-27	59722	-63700
2023-07-03	63856	-67510
2023-07-11	65463	-65873
2023-07-18	60957	-65702
2023-07-25	63644	-68769
2023-08-01	62300	-66291
2023-08-08	63253	-64511
2023-08-15	67827	-71279
2023-08-22	57381	-61797
2023-08-29	63336	-66878
2023-09-05	70806	-71711
2023-09-12	59033	-63615
2023-09-19	60533	-63561
2023-09-26	59276	-61602
2023-10-03	62415	-63308
2023-10-10	68289	-66624
2023-10-17	50522	-45472
2023-10-24	44537	-44171
2023-10-31	40876	-39427
2023-11-07	72636	-72567
2023-11-14	68821	-65566
2023-11-21	53256	-57246
2023-11-28	52149	-55493
2023-12-05	50900	-55429
2023-12-12	43204	-50629
2023-12-19	23866	-30049
2023-12-26	3448	-12446
2024-01-02	-10099	-921
2024-01-09	-31976	21012
2024-01-16	-23482	14245
2024-01-23	-5447	-6189
2024-01-30	-1488	-10504
2024-02-06	8524	-19993
2024-02-13	16168	-24451
2024-02-20	19727	-24205
2024-02-27	7956	-18228
2024-03-05	12244	-22823
2024-03-12	14991	-19094
2024-03-19	5273	-13484
2024-03-26	11613	-21547
2024-04-02	11733	-22173
2024-04-09	17004	-27615
2024-04-16	34078	-38450
2024-04-23	30140	-36100
2024-04-30	35892	-40289
2024-05-07	31638	-38000
2024-05-14	23332	-32067
2024-05-21	28361	-37584
2024-05-28	27036	-33845
2024-06-04	25469	-34355
2024-06-11	32428	-38295
2024-06-18	52556	-57848
2024-06-25	43649	-50021
2024-07-02	66952	-75435
2024-07-09	58789	-67626
2024-07-16	35373	-47337
2024-07-23	44418	-57083
2024-07-30	17847	-33985
2024-08-06	-6502	-2595
2024-08-13	4580	-13256
2024-08-20	14057	-27127
2024-08-27	-326	-15281
2024-09-03	-12603	260
2024-09-10	-17531	5727
2024-09-17	-15705	2986
2024-09-24	-36441	21907
2024-10-01	-33516	20349
2024-10-08	-18479	5007
2024-10-15	-39015	26337
2024-10-22	-33395	18787
2024-10-29	-27139	11943
2024-11-05	-23537	8792
2024-11-12	-30429	8394
2024-11-19	-27356	3145
2024-11-26	-22585	-2612
2024-12-03	-15176	-11574
2024-12-10	-24300	-2157
2024-12-17	-22280	-416
2024-12-24	-21671	-1668
2024-12-31	-18943	-2150
2025-01-07	-16280	-3184
2025-01-14	-15457	-1095
2025-01-21	2547	-21027
2025-01-28	6387	-22035
2025-02-04	12186	-27498
2025-02-11	20253	-32464
2025-02-18	15397	-29806
2025-02-25	8625	-21331
2025-03-04	-3580	-4574
2025-03-11	-3805	-5176
2025-03-18	5642	-10208
2025-03-25	9457	-15345
2025-04-01	8856	-17171
2025-04-08	4057	-12745
2025-04-15	-1341	679
2025-04-22	-4795	-6719
2025-04-29	3154	-406
2025-05-06	18843	-14828
2025-05-13	30861	-28356
2025-05-20	9349	-5747
2025-05-27	7041	-4457
2025-06-03	16193	-12045
2025-06-10	30493	-30829
2025-06-17	38809	-39747
2025-06-24	25790	-30829
2025-07-01	53024	-58385
2025-07-08	61666	-67121
2025-07-15	65611	-72615
2025-07-22	68297	-72192
2025-07-29	73765	-80896
2025-08-05	90440	-93747
2025-08-12	89727	-95231
2025-08-19	73234	-79394
2025-08-26	57672	-66840
2025-09-02	48115	-60338
2025-09-09	60284	-72249
2025-09-16	76807	-85834
2025-09-23	38695	-51985
2025-09-30	41741	-51904
2025-10-07	49901	-59505
2025-10-14	44456	-51811
2025-10-21	54956	-61971
2025-10-28	48671	-61209
2025-11-04	50930	-58810
2025-11-10	45284	-56384
2025-11-18	52678	-64741
2025-11-25	28501	-37956
2025-12-02	18876	-28414
2025-12-09	7475	-19317
2025-12-16	-30191	10082
2025-12-23	-15360	-2201
2025-12-30	-13286	-3631
2026-01-06	-11469	-2103
2026-01-13	-24387	11437
2026-01-20	-31654	20563
2026-01-27	-26381	12327
2026-02-03	-19434	4298
2026-02-10	-21710	7061
2026-02-17	-7403	-7086
2026-02-24	-9124	-2931
2026-03-03	116	-6822
2026-03-10	20353	-27638
2026-03-17	31973	-33508
2026-03-24	26313	-27290
2026-03-31	15612	-17862
2026-04-07	12210	-13975
2026-04-14	6690	-9334
2026-04-21	12181	-15897
2026-04-28	14843	-17088
2026-05-05	7111	-9149
2026-05-12	9987	-13115
2026-05-19	15510	-21048
2026-05-26	10085	-15929
2026-06-02	11921	-14924
2026-06-09	34081	-37966
2026-06-16	9610	-20249
2026-06-23	17172	-26838
2026-06-30	13870	-25568
2026-07-07	21414	-31009
2026-07-14	13081	-24680
2026-07-21	-2718	-6959
2026-07-28	9421	-16269
2026-08-04	24309	-34727
2026-08-11	34430	-42304
2026-08-18	34907	-42215
2026-08-25	42913	-51578
2026-09-01	68101	-71663
2026-09-08	77130	-82835

RUSSELL 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

59539

-66601

2021-09-28

47686

-55643

2021-10-05

49078

-58613

2021-10-12

37536

-48706

2021-10-19

45830

-59321

2021-10-26

40887

-54431

2021-11-02

22322

-38171

2021-11-09

7525

-24521

2021-11-16

-292

-20167

2021-11-23

463

-21538

2021-11-30

12788

-31141

2021-12-07

12683

-27001

2021-12-14

17302

-27714

2021-12-21

682

-12173

2021-12-28

6890

-20299

2022-01-04

3155

-15793

2022-01-11

-5361

-5386

2022-01-18

4712

-14646

2022-01-25

-4761

-2824

2022-02-01

32679

-36092

2022-02-08

35846

-37717

2022-02-15

31396

-31710

2022-02-22

26059

-26075

2022-03-01

33648

-29586

2022-03-08

30550

-25476

2022-03-15

35318

-31096

2022-03-22

48805

-47459

2022-03-29

57497

-55721

2022-04-05

58774

-58283

2022-04-12

44602

-43206

2022-04-19

41861

-40328

2022-04-26

48429

-44257

2022-05-03

47415

-44795

2022-05-10

74534

-69622

2022-05-17

74083

-70048

2022-05-24

77128

-74648

2022-05-31

81549

-78560

2022-06-07

77446

-73582

2022-06-14

89326

-95246

2022-06-21

107890

-105596

2022-06-28

109982

-104620

2022-07-05

123533

-118593

2022-07-12

123998

-117778

2022-07-19

105868

-100689

2022-07-26

110009

-105211

2022-08-02

123483

-119954

2022-08-09

117463

-112867

2022-08-16

118367

-116465

2022-08-23

96990

-94923

2022-08-30

92282

-91149

2022-09-06

96814

-95605

2022-09-13

107746

-99152

2022-09-20

107880

-106838

2022-09-27

107336

-106061

2022-10-04

98231

-99193

2022-10-11

86662

-85583

2022-10-18

74483

-79821

2022-10-25

73954

-80524

2022-11-01

44770

-49650

2022-11-08

57583

-61263

2022-11-15

61316

-67964

2022-11-22

59391

-64949

2022-11-29

52885

-57617

2022-12-06

67261

-73435

2022-12-13

57647

-63784

2022-12-20

57052

-58914

2022-12-27

69515

-69924

2023-01-03

65079

-65361

2023-01-10

54539

-58128

2023-01-17

59423

-62915

2023-01-24

61283

-67401

2023-01-31

57143

-63024

2023-02-07

65894

-75146

2023-02-14

56535

-63908

2023-02-21

48858

-54548

2023-02-28

41374

-42831

2023-03-07

45086

-50491

2023-03-14

49431

-49303

2023-03-21

44694

-44988

2023-03-28

43502

-42750

2023-04-04

61943

-56956

2023-04-11

46801

-45131

2023-04-18

64474

-59162

2023-04-25

57566

-52119

2023-05-02

63996

-59416

2023-05-09

66997

-59673

2023-05-16

70545

-64003

2023-05-23

55396

-48893

2023-05-30

69338

-63062

2023-06-06

62109

-62588

2023-06-13

70626

-75896

2023-06-20

70994

-72709

2023-06-27

59722

-63700

2023-07-03

63856

-67510

2023-07-11

65463

-65873

2023-07-18

60957

-65702

2023-07-25

63644

-68769

2023-08-01

62300

-66291

2023-08-08

63253

-64511

2023-08-15

67827

-71279

2023-08-22

57381

-61797

2023-08-29

63336

-66878

2023-09-05

70806

-71711

2023-09-12

59033

-63615

2023-09-19

60533

-63561

2023-09-26

59276

-61602

2023-10-03

62415

-63308

2023-10-10

68289

-66624

2023-10-17

50522

-45472

2023-10-24

44537

-44171

2023-10-31

40876

-39427

2023-11-07

72636

-72567

2023-11-14

68821

-65566

2023-11-21

53256

-57246

2023-11-28

52149

-55493

2023-12-05

50900

-55429

2023-12-12

43204

-50629

2023-12-19

23866

-30049

2023-12-26

3448

-12446

2024-01-02

-10099

-921

2024-01-09

-31976

21012

2024-01-16

-23482

14245

2024-01-23

-5447

-6189

2024-01-30

-1488

-10504

2024-02-06

8524

-19993

2024-02-13

16168

-24451

2024-02-20

19727

-24205

2024-02-27

7956

-18228

2024-03-05

12244

-22823

2024-03-12

14991

-19094

2024-03-19

5273

-13484

2024-03-26

11613

-21547

2024-04-02

11733

-22173

2024-04-09

17004

-27615

2024-04-16

34078

-38450

2024-04-23

30140

-36100

2024-04-30

35892

-40289

2024-05-07

31638

-38000

2024-05-14

23332

-32067

2024-05-21

28361

-37584

2024-05-28

27036

-33845

2024-06-04

25469

-34355

2024-06-11

32428

-38295

2024-06-18

52556

-57848

2024-06-25

43649

-50021

2024-07-02

66952

-75435

2024-07-09

58789

-67626

2024-07-16

35373

-47337

2024-07-23

44418

-57083

2024-07-30

17847

-33985

2024-08-06

-6502

-2595

2024-08-13

4580

-13256

2024-08-20

14057

-27127

2024-08-27

-326

-15281

2024-09-03

-12603

260

2024-09-10

-17531

5727

2024-09-17

-15705

2986

2024-09-24

-36441

21907

2024-10-01

-33516

20349

2024-10-08

-18479

5007

2024-10-15

-39015

26337

2024-10-22

-33395

18787

2024-10-29

-27139

11943

2024-11-05

-23537

8792

2024-11-12

-30429

8394

2024-11-19

-27356

3145

2024-11-26

-22585

-2612

2024-12-03

-15176

-11574

2024-12-10

-24300

-2157

2024-12-17

-22280

-416

2024-12-24

-21671

-1668

2024-12-31

-18943

-2150

2025-01-07

-16280

-3184

2025-01-14

-15457

-1095

2025-01-21

2547

-21027

2025-01-28

6387

-22035

2025-02-04

12186

-27498

2025-02-11

20253

-32464

2025-02-18

15397

-29806

2025-02-25

8625

-21331

2025-03-04

-3580

-4574

2025-03-11

-3805

-5176

2025-03-18

5642

-10208

2025-03-25

9457

-15345

2025-04-01

8856

-17171

2025-04-08

4057

-12745

2025-04-15

-1341

679

2025-04-22

-4795

-6719

2025-04-29

3154

-406

2025-05-06

18843

-14828

2025-05-13

30861

-28356

2025-05-20

9349

-5747

2025-05-27

7041

-4457

2025-06-03

16193

-12045

2025-06-10

30493

-30829

2025-06-17

38809

-39747

2025-06-24

25790

-30829

2025-07-01

53024

-58385

2025-07-08

61666

-67121

2025-07-15

65611

-72615

2025-07-22

68297

-72192

2025-07-29

73765

-80896

2025-08-05

90440

-93747

2025-08-12

89727

-95231

2025-08-19

73234

-79394

2025-08-26

57672

-66840

2025-09-02

48115

-60338

2025-09-09

60284

-72249

2025-09-16

76807

-85834

2025-09-23

38695

-51985

2025-09-30

41741

-51904

2025-10-07

49901

-59505

2025-10-14

44456

-51811

2025-10-21

54956

-61971

2025-10-28

48671

-61209

2025-11-04

50930

-58810

2025-11-10

45284

-56384

2025-11-18

52678

-64741

2025-11-25

28501

-37956

2025-12-02

18876

-28414

2025-12-09

7475

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