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 45,991 contracts on 18 August 2026, versus 46,343 on 11 August.
Sample. The weekly time series displayed in the figure has 1,054 observations overall. The series covers the time range going from June 2006 to August 2026.
History. Here are some summary statistics computed on the full sample: positions had a mean of 10,521 contracts; they reached a maximum of 47,305 on 4 August 2026; they recorded a minimum of 295 on 8 January 2019.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 47305.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 46343.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 45991.0 |
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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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