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 -3,551 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to -2,964 on 10 February 2026.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are a total of 537 records. The series covers the time period going from October 2015 to February 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions were equal on average to -14,137 contracts; they reached a trough of -23,997 on 19 July 2016; they recorded their maximum of -1,380 on 13 January 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | -3383.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | -2964.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | -3551.0 |
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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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