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 811,688 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 815,183 on 12 May.
Sample. There are 854 observations overall in the weekly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time range stretching from January 2010 to May 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics computed on the whole sample: positions attained a maximum of 846,628 contracts on 21 April 2026; they reached their lowest level of 34,170 on 29 July 2014; they had an average value of 428,586.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 803114.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 815183.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 811688.0 |
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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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