COT reports: Long positions held by non-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 non-reporting traders in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 18,455 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus 20,801 on 12 May.
Sample. There are 1,041 records in the weekly series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the time range stretching from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics we computed on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 15,635 contracts; they reached their maximum of 27,369 on 15 June 2021; they registered a minimum of 7,007 on 11 September 2007.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 17854.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 20801.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 18455.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by non-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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