Ether COT Report
The Commitment of Traders (COT) report shows how the largest traders are positioned in Ether futures each week. The CFTC splits open interest into speculators (managed money) and commercial hedgers, so you can see who is leaning which way. Tracking when Ether speculative positioning reaches an extreme, and how speculators line up against commercials, is one of the most widely followed sentiment tools in futures.
What drives Ether positioning
In crypto futures, regulated Ether contracts give a clean read on how institutional traders are positioned, away from the noise of unregulated venues. CME ether futures track institutional positioning around staking, ETF developments and the broader crypto cycle.
How to read the Ether COT report
For Ether, the 52-week z-score turns regulated CME positioning into a clean institutional sentiment read: high positive is crowded long, deeply negative crowded short. The positioning regime shows whether that institutional lean is trending or stretched. Ether positioning is thinner than bitcoin's, so read its extremes alongside bitcoin and ETF flow data. New to this? Start with how to read the COT report.
COTInsight scores Ether on nine analytical layers every week, the moment the CFTC data lands: the 52-week z-score, the 3-year COT Index, regime classification, price-versus-positioning divergence, open-interest trend and more, with up to ten years of history so you can see how today compares to every prior extreme.
Ether COT report FAQ
Which CFTC report covers Ether?
Ether positioning comes from the CFTC Traders in Financial Futures (TFF) report, which splits Ether positioning into Dealer/Intermediary, Asset Manager, Leveraged Funds and Other Reportables. COTInsight reads it directly from the CFTC every week.
When is the Ether COT report updated?
The CFTC releases the Commitments of Traders report every Friday at 3:30pm ET, reflecting positions as of the prior Tuesday. COTInsight recomputes the Ether z-score, COT Index and regime the moment the data lands.
Is Ether COT positioning bullish or bearish right now?
The COT report is a positioning and sentiment gauge, not a direct buy or sell signal: it shows whether speculators are crowded long or short in Ether. COTInsight scores this week's Ether reading on a 52-week z-score, a 3-year COT Index and a positioning regime. Start a free 7-day trial to see the current reading.
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