COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants 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 producers and merchants in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 125,214 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 128,367 on 11 August.
Sample. The weekly time series plotted above has a total of 1,054 records. The period covered by the series is from June 2006 to August 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 65,887 contracts; they reached a minimum of 14,318 on 28 November 2006; they recorded their maximum of 139,920 on 12 May 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 114698.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 128367.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 125214.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by producers and merchants 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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