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US500 at 7696.0 points, 0.4 points above the Asia high

Large speculators are net short 100461 contracts, a change of -24425 on the week

US500 · London session · Published Sep 21, 2026, 7:00 AM

US500 last traded at 7696.0 points, with the 7700.0 round number 4 points above and the previous session high of 7695.6 sitting 0.4 points below. Below that, the prior day high of 7677.8 is 18.2 points down and the prior day low of 7615.0 is 81 points down, with the 7600.0 round number 96 points below.

The Asia session ran 39 points between 7656.6 and 7695.6 and closed at 7695.2. The previous trading day ranged 62.8 points, from 7615.0 to 7677.8. An ordinary day of the last 14 covers 73.5 points, and the latest day sits at the 50th percentile of the last 42 days, an ordinary day for this market.

Our calendar shows 0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-22 07:00 UTC, and it says this whole window is covered. Our calendar reaches as far as 2026-10-21 00:00 UTC.

Large speculators are net short 100461 contracts, a change of -24425 on the week, the 62th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports. The report is dated 2026-09-15.

Session brief

  1. US500 price from our feedLast one-minute close 7696.0 at 2026-09-21 07:00 UTC, from our own candles.
  2. US500 reference levelsPrevious day and previous week high and low, the session open and the round numbers either side, measured on our own candles.
  3. US500, Asia sessionOpen 7664.6, high 7695.6, low 7656.6, close 7695.2: a range of 39 points over 540 minutes, from our own one-minute candles.
  4. US500, previous trading dayHigh 7677.8, low 7615.0, close 7665.7 on 2026-09-18, a range of 62.8 points, from our own candles on the trading day that starts 17:00 New York.
  5. US500 daily rangeAn ordinary day of the last 14 covers 73.5 points. The latest day sits at the 50th percentile of the last 42 days we hold, which is an ordinary day for this market. Measured on our own candles.
  6. Economic calendar for USD0 scheduled releases of impact 2 or 3 in the 24 hours to 2026-09-22 07:00 UTC. Our calendar covers up to 2026-10-21 00:00 UTC.
  7. CFTC Commitments of Traders, 13874ALarge speculators are net short 100461 contracts, a change of -24425 on the week. That is the 62th percentile of the last 52 weekly reports.

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