COT reports: Long positions held by money managers 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 money managers in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 92,097 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 93,911 on 11 August 2026.
Sample. There are 1,054 observations overall in the weekly series presented in the chart above. The time period covered by the series extends from June 2006 to August 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions had an average value of 47,981 contracts; they reached their highest level of 153,948 on 5 September 2017; they reached their minimum of 2,606 on 6 February 2007.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 93173.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 93911.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 92097.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by money managers 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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