COT reports: Short 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), short positions held by money managers in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 14,036 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 13,899 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 1,060 observations overall in the weekly time series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time span stretching from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean value of 35,163 contracts; they recorded a bottom of 4,784 on 3 July 2006; they recorded a maximum of 118,519 on 6 August 2019.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 18598.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 13899.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 14036.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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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