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
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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 272 contracts on 31 March 2026, compared to 358 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. There are 543 data points in the weekly time series shown in the plot above. The series covers the time span going from October 2015 to March 2026.
History. Take a look at a few statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions averaged 230 contracts; they reached their highest level of 944 on 13 June 2017; they reached a trough of 0 on 10 September 2024.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 297.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 358.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 272.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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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