COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Copper 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), compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 8,176 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus 7,366 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. There are 1,041 observations overall in the weekly time series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the time range extending from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions were equal on average to 6,256 contracts; they hit a trough of 165 on 9 October 2007; they reached their maximum of 24,217 on 29 May 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 7149.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 7366.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 8176.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in copper 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: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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