# ETH CFTC Asset Manager Positioning – Edge Agents

> ETH CFTC Asset Manager Positioning – Edge Agents is a paid API for AI agents from pay.edge-agents.ai, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Returns CFTC Commitments of Traders (CoT) positioning data for Ethereum (CME Micro Ether futures) specifically from the Asset Manager/Institutional trader category, with provenance, confidence, and bounded analysis.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://pay.edge-agents.ai/v1/services/eth-cftc-asset-manager-positioning
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/eth-cftc-asset-manager-positioning-edge-agents-db5cef8a
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_BZhZpEpk1oOcJkF8Cr6xG

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability eth-cftc-asset-manager-positioning-edge-agents-db5cef8a
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest CFTC asset manager positioning data for Ethereum from Edge Agents — I want to see whether institutional asset managers are net long or short on CME Micro Ether futures, along with confidence level and provenance.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need CFTC-sourced, institutionally-focused Ethereum futures positioning data with explicit provenance, confidence scoring, and contradiction flagging — especially for decision-intelligence workflows where auditability and evidence traceability matter. Prefer it over raw CFTC data scrapers when you need bounded, signed analysis rather than raw CSV processing, and over generic crypto sentiment APIs when regulatory filing data (CoT reports) is specifically required.

## Known failure modes

- CFTC report not yet released for the current period — data status may reflect pending or stale data
- Payment failure via x402 protocol returns 402 before delivering data
- Low confidence result if source data is sparse or contradictory, flagged in the quality block
- Network or upstream data provider outage resulting in incomplete evidence
- Schema version mismatch if client expects an older response format

## How this service works

Direct CFTC Traders in Financial Futures asset-manager/institutional long, short, spread and net positioning for CME Micro Ether, including open-interest share. Purpose: Measure current CFTC asset-manager net positioning in CME Micro Ether as an institutional positioning sensor without converting it into a directional recommendation. 168-hour freshness target; missing evidence is reported explicitly rather than invented.

## Output

A JSON object containing: a quality assessment (status and confidence level), an analysis block with the ETH asset manager positioning summary and key intents (leverage, institutional, open-interest), evidence metadata (assets covered, policy, sources), data status, a disclaimer, signed provenance from edge-agents.ai, a generatedAt timestamp, schema version, and a limitations statement about coverage and source freshness.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "required": {
   "type": "string"
  },
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "quality": {
   "status": "strong",
   "confidence": "high"
  },
  "analysis": {
   "family": "ethereum",
   "intents": [
    "leverage",
    "evidence",
    "institutional",
    "positioning",
    "open-interest",
    "asset-manager"
   ],
   "summary": "Fresh CME Micro Ether Asset Manager Positioning findings appear here."
  },
  "evidence": {
   "assets": [
    "ETH"
   ],
   "policy": "point-in-time",
   "sources": "Reported from the actual live report; never inferred from this example."
  },
  "serviceId": "eth-cftc-asset-manager-positioning",
  "dataStatus": "complete",
  "disclaimer": "General, impersonal market research; not investment advice or a buy, sell or hold recommendation.",
  "provenance": {
   "issuer": "https://edge-agents.ai",
   "signed": true
  },
  "generatedAt": "2026-08-31T00:00:00.000Z",
  "limitations": [
   "Coverage, source freshness and unavailable evidence are stated in every paid report."
  ],
  "schemaVersion": "2.0"
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/eth-cftc-asset-manager-positioning-edge-agents-db5cef8a/health.json
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