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 20,448 contracts on 31 March 2026, versus 19,196 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. There are 1,034 data points in the weekly time series shown in the graph above. The time period covered by the series goes from June 2006 to March 2026.
History. Check out a few simple statistics we computed on the full sample: positions averaged 15,611 contracts; they reached their maximum of 27,369 on 15 June 2021; they hit a minimum of 7,007 on 11 September 2007.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 21125.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 19196.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 20448.0 |
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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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