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
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 other reporting traders in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 3,766 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 3,561 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 569 data points in total. The series covers the period stretching from October 2015 to September 2026.
History. Here are some summary statistics computed on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 1,061 contracts; they recorded their highest level of 5,515 on 24 February 2026; they reached their lowest level of 0 on 5 April 2016.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 3131.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 3561.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 3766.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by other 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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