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
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), net long positions held by money managers in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 39,172 contracts on 31 March 2026, versus 35,284 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. This weekly time series has 1,034 data points in total. The series covers the span of time extending from June 2006 to March 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions recorded a bottom of -75,114 contracts on 6 August 2019; they reached their highest level of 125,372 on 5 September 2017; they had a mean of 11,676.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 46558.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 35284.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 39172.0 |
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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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