COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in gold futures: MICRO 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), total open positions (open interest) in gold futures of the kind "MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 68,209 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 67,067 on 12 May.
Sample. There are 146 data points in the weekly time series shown in the plot above. The series covers the span of time going from December 2020 to May 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: positions were equal on average to 44,838 contracts; they hit a minimum of 23,780 on 25 April 2023; they attained a maximum of 84,281 on 18 November 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 65308.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 67067.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 68209.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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