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
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), short positions held by all reporting traders in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 271,847 contracts on 18 August 2026, versus 286,581 on 11 August 2026.
Sample. The weekly time series shown in the graph has 1,054 records. The time range covered by the series is from June 2006 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at some descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions attained a maximum of 316,334 contracts on 15 August 2017; they reached their lowest level of 52,829 on 13 March 2007; they had a mean value of 168,364.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 278501.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 286581.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 271847.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by all 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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