COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 52,525 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 51,984 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. There are 1,041 records overall in the weekly series shown in the chart above. The period covered by the series is from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions had a mean value of 45,792 contracts; they reached a minimum of 26,430 on 22 April 2025; they reached their highest level of 64,953 on 28 April 2015.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 50841.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 51984.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 52525.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by swap dealers 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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