COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders 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), long positions held by all reporting traders in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 239,509 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 239,007 on 12 May.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 1,041 observations overall. The series covers the period extending from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here are some descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions averaged 166,405 contracts; they reached their lowest level of 53,929 on 6 March 2007; they reached their highest level of 316,018 on 15 August 2017.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 214755.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 239007.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 239509.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by all reporting traders 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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