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." stood at 8,842 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus 9,967 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. There are 1,041 observations in the weekly time series shown in the graph above. The time range covered by the series extends from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few summary statistics computed on the full sample: positions reached their lowest level of 8,072 contracts on 5 August 2025; they peaked at 25,926 on 11 June 2013; they were equal on average to 14,838.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 8686.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 9967.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 8842.0 |
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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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