Source: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/commitments-of-traders-report

# Commitments of Traders (COT) report
URL: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/commitments-of-traders-report
Last modified: 2026-10-17

The Commitments of Traders report is the CFTC's weekly breakdown of who holds US futures: producers, dealers, hedge funds. It lands Friday for Tuesday's positions, about 1:00 AM Saturday IST. In September 2026 it showed funds [closing a Nasdaq short before the Fed](https://mochatrade.com/blog/mocha-markets-weekly-019) and [rebuilding it five times larger a week later](https://mochatrade.com/blog/mocha-markets-weekly-dec). [The CFTC is the futures referee](https://mochatrade.com/learn/us-market-structure/us-stock-market-explained).

## Related terms

- NASDAQ: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/nasdaq
- CFTC: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/cftc
- Index futures (E-mini S&P 500): https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/index-futures
- Liquidation cascade: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/liquidation-cascade
- Liquidation / forced square-off: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/liquidation-forced-square-off
- Bid-ask spread: https://mochatrade.com/learn/glossary/bid-ask-spread

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