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COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), net long positions held by money managers in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 53,774 contracts on 17 February 2026, versus 55,564 on 10 February 2026.

Sample. This weekly time series has 1,028 data points overall. The time span covered by the series is from June 2006 to February 2026.

History. Take a look at some descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: positions recorded a minimum of -75,114 contracts on 6 August 2019; they reached a maximum of 125,372 on 5 September 2017; they were equal on average to 11,483.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-02-03 55923.0
2026-02-10 55564.0
2026-02-17 53774.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Net 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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Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
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 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
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 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1028 2006-06-13 2026-02-17