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
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 non-reporting traders in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 10,969 contracts on 16 June 2026, versus 10,604 on 9 June.
Sample. This weekly time series has a total of 1,045 observations. The span of time covered by the series is from June 2006 to June 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: positions had a mean value of 14,822 contracts; they registered a minimum of 8,072 on 5 August 2025; they achieved a maximum of 25,926 on 11 June 2013.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | 11012.0 |
| 2026-06-09 | 10604.0 |
| 2026-06-16 | 10969.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-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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