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S&P 500 net positioning

Index futures positioning separates hedging from speculation in the equity market. A crowded net short is the condition for a squeeze; a crowded net long removes the marginal buyer.

Latest
-133,228 contracts
As of
22 Sept 2026
Standard deviations
-0.57
Percentile
32nd percentile

30 days to 4 Oct 2026 · -133,228 contracts to -76,036 contracts

The archive behind this

This page shows the last 30 days. S&P 500 net positioning has 178 readings in the warehouse, back to 2 May 2023. A plan opens the rest of it, with CSV export and the analyst.

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Source

QuantNow Derived Research

Non-commercial long less non-commercial short positions in the CFTC Legacy Futures Only report for E-Mini S&P 500 Futures.

Informational research only. Nothing here is personalised investment advice.