COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 28,264 contracts on 16 June 2026, compared to 26,330 on 9 June.
Sample. In the weekly time series displayed in the figure, there are 554 observations. The time period covered by the series goes from October 2015 to June 2026.
History. Here are a few summary statistics computed on the full sample: positions recorded a bottom of 17,857 contracts on 6 October 2015; they achieved a maximum of 37,916 on 30 June 2020; they were equal on average to 27,631.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | 25398.0 |
| 2026-06-09 | 26330.0 |
| 2026-06-16 | 28264.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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