COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants 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 producers and merchants in natural gas futures of the kind "NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV" were 2,124,281 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 2,161,840 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. There are 854 observations overall in the weekly series shown in the plot above. The period covered by the series is from January 2010 to May 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions averaged 1,706,907 contracts; they reached their highest level of 3,003,059 on 29 March 2022; they reached a trough of 309,804 on 9 October 2012.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 2149583.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 2161840.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 2124281.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by producers and merchants 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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