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." were 134,725 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 141,667 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 1,060 data points in the weekly time series shown in the plot above. The span of time covered by the series extends from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at some statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions recorded their maximum of 141,667 contracts on 22 September 2026; they reached their lowest level of 14,318 on 28 November 2006; they had an average value of 66,271.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 133338.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 141667.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 134725.0 |
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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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