COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders 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), long positions held by non-reporting traders in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 149 contracts on 18 August 2026, versus 131 on 11 August 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 563 observations overall. The series covers the time period stretching from October 2015 to August 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 192 contracts; they hit a peak of 643 on 19 December 2023; they recorded a bottom of 0 on 30 July 2019.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 127.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 131.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 149.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by non-reporting traders 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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