COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in natural gas futures: NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Natural gas 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), long positions held by all reporting traders in natural gas futures of the kind "NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV" stood at 7,641,783 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 7,973,652 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 873 observations in total. The series covers the span of time extending from January 2010 to September 2026.
History. Check out some statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions had an average value of 5,593,425 contracts; they reached their lowest level of 3,691,292 on 2 February 2010; they attained a maximum of 8,121,297 on 25 August 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 7957322.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 7973652.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 7641783.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by all reporting traders in natural gas 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: "NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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