Market structure and share

Market Share Dashboard

Retail growth analysis: open interest trends, retail participation, and competitive share over time (weekly CFTC COT, real data), plus the snapshot by venue, country, and asset class.

Historical trends

Current open interest

101,940,066

▲ 6.4% over the period

Retail participation

5.2%

▼ 0.1% over the period

Weeks in view

Figure 1. Total open interest with an 8-week trend projection.

What does it measure?Open interest is the number of open futures contracts (live positions) in the market. It's the standard measure of how large and active it is — if it rises, the market is growing. The dotted line is a trend projection (not a forecast).

Figure 2. Retail participation (%) — is retail growing?

What does it measure?What % of the market is small traders (retail) vs. the big players (banks, funds). Proxy: the CFTC's "non-reportable" positions. If retail is small, there's room to grow.

Figure 3. Competitive share by exchange group (%).

What does it measure?Which exchange group holds the most open positions. It shows the head-to-head (CME Group vs ICE) and how it evolves. Click "venues" to break out the individual exchanges.

Source. CFTC Commitments of Traders (histórico semanal) · Data 2025-09-02 to 2026-09-01 (53 weeks in view)

Methodology. The projection is a linear (least-squares) regression over the selected period, extended 8 weeks — it is a trend estimate, not a guaranteed forecast. Share by venue is the % of total open interest; "Other" = minor venues (CFTC US-reportable markets).

Latest report snapshot (2026-09-01)

Country (domicile)

Asset class

Open interest

101,940,066

contracts, US-reportable markets

Markets

376

reported contracts

Retail proxy

5.2%

non-reportable positions

Latest report

2026-09-01

Weekly COT

Figure 1. Open interest by venue.

Figure 2. Share by country (exchange domicile).

Estados Unidos70,291,696 · 69%

Reino Unido26,552,592 · 26%

Otro5,095,778 · 5%

Figure 3. Share by asset class.

Rates38,669,172 · 37.9%

Other24,744,332 · 24.3%

Energy16,408,801 · 16.1%

Equity9,758,047 · 9.6%

Agriculture7,465,651 · 7.3%

FX2,962,017 · 2.9%

Metals1,040,622 · 1%

Crypto891,424 · 0.9%

Table 2. The 15 markets with the highest open interest.

Market	Country	Asset class	Venue	Open interest
SOFR-3M - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE	Estados Unidos	Rates	CME	13,075,689
NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV	Reino Unido	Energy	ICE Futures Europe	7,816,562
UST 5Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE	Estados Unidos	Rates	CBOT	6,339,584
UST 10Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE	Estados Unidos	Rates	CBOT	5,276,634
UST 2Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE	Estados Unidos	Rates	CBOT	4,348,838
FED FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE	Estados Unidos	Rates	CBOT	2,857,486
ULTRA UST 10Y - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE	Estados Unidos	Other	CBOT	2,541,606
ULTRA UST BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE	Estados Unidos	Rates	CBOT	2,398,572
S&P 500 Consolidated - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE	Estados Unidos	Equity	CME	2,079,148
E-MINI S&P 500 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE	Estados Unidos	Equity	CME	2,046,914
WTI-PHYSICAL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE	Estados Unidos	Energy	NYMEX	1,921,085
UST BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE	Estados Unidos	Rates	CBOT	1,811,513
NAT GAS NYME - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE	Estados Unidos	Energy	NYMEX	1,807,497
CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE	Estados Unidos	Agriculture	CBOT	1,764,182
SOFR-1M - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE	Estados Unidos	Rates	CME	1,654,938

Source. CFTC Commitments of Traders (Legacy Futures-Only) · Report of 2026-09-01 · via API

Methodology. Open interest and positions from the COT Legacy Futures-Only report, aggregated by venue, country, and asset class. “Country” is the exchange's domicile (US/UK), not the trader's — COT covers US-reportable markets. Global multi-country market share (Eurex-DE, Asia) requires FIA/per-exchange data (roadmap). The “retail proxy” is non-reportable positions.