COT Report Release Date: When It Comes Out, With the 2026 Schedule

The COT report release date is Friday at 15:30 New York time, and the positions in it were counted on the Tuesday of that week, so they are three days old when you read them. Holidays move some weeks: the CFTC's 2026 schedule lists six reports as delayed, all to a Monday, and three of those are still to come.

In brief

• When: Friday, 3:30 p.m. Eastern (15:30 New York). The CFTC calls the schedule tentative.
• As of: the Tuesday before. Friday's report is three days old, a Monday report six.
• Holidays: six 2026 releases moved to a Monday: 5 January, 22 June, 6 July, 16 November, 30 November, 28 December.
• The rule: check the CFTC's list in a holiday week, and read the date at the top of the report, not the weekday.

When is the COT report released?

The CFTC publishes the Commitments of Traders report on Friday at 3:30 p.m. Eastern. Its schedule page says the futures-only and the futures-and-options combined reports are "usually released on Friday" and that a release "usually includes data from the previous Tuesday". New York time is the clock to use: 15:30 there is 20:30 UTC while New York is on standard time (November to March) and 19:30 UTC in the summer.

The Tuesday is the day the firms that carry the accounts report their positions, and the Friday is when the CFTC has checked and published them. Nothing in between is in the report.

What are the COT report release dates for 2026?

This is the CFTC's list for 2026, as printed on its release schedule page and read on 12 November 2026. The CFTC marks a release delayed by a federal holiday with a star. The "as of" Tuesday is worked out from the CFTC's rule, not printed by it.

• Delayed (Monday) releases: 5 January (as of 30 December 2025), 22 June (as of 16 June), 6 July (as of 30 June), 16 November (as of 10 November), 30 November (as of 24 November) and 28 December (as of 22 December).
• Every other 2026 release is on a Friday, so a normal month has four or five of them: October's are 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30.

Checked against the CFTC calendar on 12 November 2026. Do not rely on this page on the day: the CFTC marks its schedule as tentative and can change a date.

What are the next four release dates?

From 12 November 2026, at 15:30 New York each time:

1. Monday 16 November 2026, positions as of Tuesday 10 November. It is a Monday because of a federal holiday.
2. Friday 20 November 2026, positions as of Tuesday 17 November.
3. Monday 30 November 2026, positions as of Tuesday 24 November. Again delayed, after the Thanksgiving week.
4. Friday 4 December 2026, positions as of Tuesday 1 December.

After those come Friday 11 December, Friday 18 December and Monday 28 December. The CFTC's page shows no dates for 2027 yet.

Why is the report always a few days old?

The report is a count, not a price feed. A move between the Tuesday count and the Friday release is not in it, and on a Monday release the gap is six days, not three.

On Thursday 30 July 2026, between a Tuesday count and a Friday release, USD/JPY fell 578 pips from its high of 163.738 to a low of 157.963 in one day. The report released that Friday showed the position before the fall, with the crowd long at an index of 85.

USD/JPY, 15-minute candles, Thursday 30 July 2026: high 163.738 at 03:45 New York, low 157.963 at 10:15, 578 pips between them, close 159.514.

That is one day, not a pattern. It shows what the lag can hide. It says nothing about which way the next week goes.

Which report can you read on Forexia, and when?

The CFTC's report is public at cftc.gov. On Forexia the weekly reading of the seven majors and gold is on the COT Report page: the first report published in each calendar month is open to every signed-in member, and every report is open to ForexiaPRO members. A new week appears after the next run of the job that builds it, at 06:15 or 22:15 UTC from Monday to Saturday, so a Friday report is up that evening and not at 15:30.

To learn what the numbers mean, read how to read the COT report, or the short version, what the COT report is in forex. The full COT guide shows a dated week on eight markets. What the crowd's position did and did not predict in our tests is on the strategy page: trading with a crowded side lost in 12 of 16 years, and fading it on a level hunt was promising, not proven.

Frequently asked questions

What is the COT report release date this week?

Friday, unless the CFTC has marked the week as delayed. The next four from 12 November 2026 are Monday 16 November, Friday 20 November, Monday 30 November and Friday 4 December.

What time does the COT report come out?

3:30 p.m. Eastern, 15:30 New York time. That is 20:30 UTC in winter and 19:30 UTC in summer.

What date are the positions in the COT report as of?

The Tuesday before the release. The report released on Monday 16 November 2026 counts positions as of Tuesday 10 November.

Is the COT report ever released on a day other than Friday?

Yes. The CFTC says federal holidays may delay a release by one or two days. All six delayed releases on its 2026 list are Mondays.

Sources

• CFTC, Commitments of Traders release schedule: the 2026 dates, the starred delayed releases, the 3:30 p.m. Eastern time and the note on holidays. Read on 12 November 2026.
• CFTC, Commitments of Traders reports: the reports themselves.
• Forexia's chart markups: the USD/JPY day of 30 July 2026, 15-minute candles.

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