01What is the TFF COT Report?
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The Traders in Financial Futures (TFF) COT Report is a weekly CFTC publication that breaks reportable traders in financial markets into four categories: Dealer/Intermediary (large institutional market-makers), Asset Manager/Institutional (pension funds, mutual funds, insurance), Leveraged Funds (hedge funds, CTAs), and Other Reportables (institutional positions not classified elsewhere). It is the financial-futures analogue of the Disaggregated report used for commodities.
02When is the TFF COT report released?
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The CFTC releases the TFF COT report every Friday at 3:30 PM Eastern Time, reflecting positions as of the previous Tuesday's close. When a US federal holiday falls on the Wednesday, Thursday or Friday of that week, the release moves to the next business day, usually the following Monday — a Monday holiday such as Labor Day does not delay it.
03What are Leveraged Funds in the TFF report?
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Leveraged Funds are hedge funds, commodity trading advisors (CTAs), and other speculative money managers that take directional positions on financial markets. This category is widely used as a proxy for speculative sentiment in currencies and treasuries — e.g. a large net long position in EUR/USD futures by Leveraged Funds means those funds, as a group, hold more long than short euro contracts.
04What is an Asset Manager in the TFF report?
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Asset Manager/Institutional traders are pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, and mutual funds that typically hold longer-term positions for asset allocation or portfolio hedging. Unlike Leveraged Funds, they are less sensitive to short-term market moves and their positioning reflects strategic allocation decisions.
05Which markets are covered in the TFF report?
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The TFF report covers financial futures markets including currencies (EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, CAD, CHF, NZD), U.S. Treasuries (2Y, 5Y, 10Y, 30Y bonds and notes), equity indices (S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow Jones, Russell 2000, VIX), and other financial contracts. Physical commodity futures (grains, metals, energies) use the Disaggregated format instead.