COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 1,158 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 1,120 on 12 May.
Sample. There are 550 data points overall in the weekly time series displayed in the chart above. The time period covered by the series stretches from October 2015 to May 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions had a mean of 299 contracts; they attained a maximum of 1,225 on 29 July 2025; they reached a minimum of 0 on 5 December 2017.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 987.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 1120.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 1158.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers 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 |
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