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COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), net long positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures of the kind "GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were -17,047 contracts on 16 June 2026, versus -19,300 on 9 June 2026.

Sample. There are 1,045 records overall in the weekly time series shown in the chart above. The series covers the time period going from June 2006 to June 2026.

History. Take a look at a few simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions peaked at 12,295 contracts on 3 December 2013; they reached a minimum of -223,009 on 22 June 2010; they were equal on average to -95,536.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-06-02 -20154.0
2026-06-09 -19300.0
2026-06-16 -17047.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Net long positions held by producers and merchants 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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Gold

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1045 2006-06-13 2026-06-16

Micro gold

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 150 2020-12-01 2026-06-16