COT reports: Long positions held by other 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 other reporting traders in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 20,026 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus 20,251 on 12 May.
Sample. There are 1,041 data points in the weekly series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the time span stretching from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics we computed on the full sample: positions recorded a minimum of 139 contracts on 3 July 2007; they achieved a maximum of 48,992 on 24 July 2018; they had an average value of 15,214.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 15861.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 20251.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 20026.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by other 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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