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 -6,073 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus -6,414 on 12 May.
Sample. In the weekly time series presented in the plot, there are 550 records. The series covers the time range stretching from October 2015 to May 2026.
History. Here are some descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: positions had a mean value of -13,929 contracts; they reached a trough of -23,997 on 19 July 2016; they peaked at -1,380 on 13 January 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | -6046.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | -6414.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | -6073.0 |
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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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