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
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 other reporting traders in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 932 contracts on 31 March 2026, compared to 2,253 on 24 March.
Sample. There are 1,034 records in the weekly series presented in the graph above. The series covers the span of time extending from June 2006 to March 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some simple statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions recorded a bottom of -83,349 contracts on 15 August 2017; they reached a maximum of 36,475 on 24 July 2018; they were equal on average to -7,014.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 1486.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 2253.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 932.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net 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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