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 34,192 contracts on 6 October 2026, versus 32,335 on 29 September 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 1,061 records. The time span covered by the series stretches from June 2006 to October 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some simple statistics calculated on the full sample: positions hit a minimum of -15,080 contracts on 4 August 2015; they reached a maximum of 60,944 on 2 October 2012; they were equal on average to 26,123.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-22 | 37,050.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 32,335.0 |
| 2026-10-06 | 34,192.0 |
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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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