COT reports: Short 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), short positions held by other reporting traders in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 23,858 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 24,977 on 22 September.
Sample. The weekly series presented in the chart has 1,060 observations in total. The span of time covered by the series extends from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions recorded a bottom of 3,525 contracts on 23 August 2011; they hit a maximum of 97,389 on 15 August 2017; they were equal on average to 22,113.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 23433.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 24977.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 23858.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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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