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." were 5,283 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to 5,129 on 10 February 2026.
Sample. There are 537 data points in the weekly time series presented in the chart above. The time range covered by the series extends from October 2015 to February 2026.
History. Here are some statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 911 contracts; they reached their lowest level of 0 on 5 April 2016; they reached their maximum of 5,297 on 27 January 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 4316.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 5129.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 5283.0 |
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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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