COT reports: Net long positions held by other 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 other reporting traders in natural gas futures of the kind "NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV" were -157,700 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to -71,173 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 873 data points overall in the weekly time series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time range stretching from January 2010 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions averaged 96,257 contracts; they reached a minimum of -309,134 on 15 December 2015; they recorded their highest level of 594,688 on 13 December 2016.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | -95333.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | -71173.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | -157700.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by other 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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