Skip to content
Mon, Aug 3 UTC 03:33:02 MKT CAP $1.96T
The House View The Foundation Newsletter
● 28 Fear Live
BitcoinBTC $63,080.00 -0.56% EthereumETH $1,862.64 -0.70% TetherUSDT $1.00 +0.00% BNBBNB $584.75 +0.60% XRPXRP $1.07 -0.33% USD CoinUSDC $1.00 +0.02% SolanaSOL $73.05 -0.06% TRONTRX $0.3265 -0.52% DogecoinDOGE $0.0701 +0.06% XMR $364.91 +0.05% CardanoADA $0.1861 +3.62% ToncoinTON $1.60 +0.95% ChainlinkLINK $8.30 +0.33% DaiDAI $1.00 +0.00% StellarXLM $0.1715 -1.38% Bitcoin CashBCH $210.70 +0.72%
EN
Get The House Brief
Data desk · Live

Commitments of Traders

CME Bitcoin and Ether futures positioning from the weekly CFTC report. Not financial advice.

Bitcoin (CME)

Report dateJul 28, 2026
Leveraged funds — long503
Leveraged funds — short1,313
Asset managers — long0
Asset managers — short0

Ether (CME)

Report dateJul 28, 2026
Leveraged funds — long12,690
Leveraged funds — short123,133
Asset managers — long0
Asset managers — short0

Source: CFTC. Figures are informational and not financial advice.

Reading CME futures positioning

The CFTC’s weekly Commitments of Traders report shows how different trader types are positioned in CME’s regulated Bitcoin and Ether futures — the closest thing crypto has to an institutional-sentiment gauge. Leveraged funds (fast-money speculators) and asset managers (longer-horizon institutions) matter most.

What to watch

  • Extremes in leveraged-fund positioning — very long or very short relative to history — have often preceded reversals, since a one-sided market has more traders who could be forced to unwind.
  • A single week’s report is a data point, not a forecast.
  • This covers CME’s regulated futures only — it misses offshore derivatives exchanges, where much crypto futures volume actually trades.
Articles & guides

Related reading

Trading & InvestmentRisk Management for Crypto Traders: Position Sizing and StopsBernard CondonBernard Condon · 3 min read Trading & InvestmentDollar-Cost Averaging Explained (and When It Helps)Olivier AcunaOlivier Acuna · 3 min read Technical AnalysisWhat RSI and Moving Averages Actually Tell YouBernard CondonBernard Condon · 3 min read Technical AnalysisTechnical Analysis Basics: Support, Resistance and TrendBernard CondonBernard Condon · 3 min read
Browse the newsroom →