COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in natural gas futures of the kind "NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV" were 850,036 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 865,146 on 22 September.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 873 records. The series covers the time span extending from January 2010 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics computed on the entire sample: positions reached their lowest level of 34,170 contracts on 29 July 2014; they achieved a maximum of 865,146 on 22 September 2026; they had a mean value of 437,271.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 844916.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 865146.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 850036.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by swap dealers 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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