COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 45,176 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 43,061 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 1,060 data points overall in the weekly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time range stretching from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at a few simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions reached their minimum of 295 contracts on 8 January 2019; they recorded a maximum of 47,305 on 4 August 2026; they had a mean of 10,715.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 43108.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 43061.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 45176.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by swap dealers 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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