COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Gold 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), net long positions held by money managers in gold futures of the kind "GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 93,540 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 98,015 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. This weekly series has 1,041 data points. The series covers the time range going from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some summary statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions had an average value of 106,588 contracts; they reached their lowest level of -109,454 on 9 October 2018; they recorded their highest level of 273,076 on 5 July 2016.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 94254.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 98015.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 93540.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by money managers in gold 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: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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