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
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), net long positions held by producers and merchants in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were -13,656 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to -13,407 on 22 September.
Sample. In the weekly series plotted above, there are 569 data points overall. The span of time covered by the series is from October 2015 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: positions reached a maximum of -1,380 contracts on 13 January 2026; they reached their lowest level of -23,997 on 19 July 2016; they averaged -13,831.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | -13349.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | -13407.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | -13656.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by producers and merchants 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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