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" were 22,915 contracts on 31 March 2026, compared to 20,312 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 847 observations overall. The time period covered by the series goes from January 2010 to March 2026.
History. Have a look at some statistics computed on the full sample: positions averaged 19,019 contracts; they hit a minimum of -29,172 on 26 February 2013; they hit a maximum of 77,698 on 29 October 2024.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 17447.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 20312.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 22915.0 |
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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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