COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Aluminum futures COT reports (CFTC)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 154 contracts on 18 August 2026, the same as on 11 August.
Sample. There are 563 data points overall in the weekly time series displayed in the graph above. The period covered by the series is from October 2015 to August 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean of 69 contracts; they reached their lowest level of 0 on 26 December 2017; they hit a maximum of 720 on 26 September 2017.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 154.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 154.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 154.0 |
Tip. One of the pluses of our web site is that we provide complete metadata. Find it below to better understand the attributes of the series that you analyze.
Not for investment purposes. Content made available on FetchSeries is not meant for investment purposes or any other financial decision. Users should consult professional advice and perform their own independent due diligence before pledging money to any investment.
Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in aluminum futures |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of contracts |
| Source | Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain information |
| Other information | Specific future: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
Series in the same data set
Discover the other time series included in this data set.