COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders 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 non-reporting traders in gold futures of the kind "GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 36,867 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to 37,726 on 10 February.
Sample. This weekly time series has 1,028 data points in total. The series covers the time period stretching from June 2006 to February 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions averaged 25,872 contracts; they recorded a bottom of -15,080 on 4 August 2015; they hit a peak of 60,944 on 2 October 2012.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 42174.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 37726.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 36867.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by non-reporting traders 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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