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COT reports: Net 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

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), net long positions held by non-reporting traders in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were -57 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to -101 on 10 February 2026.

Sample. There are 537 data points in the weekly series presented in the figure above. The period covered by the series goes from October 2015 to February 2026.

History. Have a look at some descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions reached their maximum of 528 contracts on 30 June 2020; they hit a trough of -766 on 13 June 2017; they had an average value of -34.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-02-03 -133.0
2026-02-10 -101.0
2026-02-17 -57.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Net 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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Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
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 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
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 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
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 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net 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 537 2015-10-06 2026-02-17