COT reports: Net long positions held by non-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), net long positions held by non-reporting traders in natural gas futures of the kind "NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV" stood at 21,064 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to 11,443 on 10 February 2026.
Sample. There are 841 records overall in the weekly series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the time span going from January 2010 to February 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions achieved a maximum of 77,698 contracts on 29 October 2024; they recorded a minimum of -29,172 on 26 February 2013; they had an average value of 19,017.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 14722.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 11443.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 21064.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by non-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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