COT reports: Net 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), net long positions held by swap dealers in natural gas futures of the kind "NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV" were -2,699,132 contracts on 17 February 2026, versus -2,720,560 on 10 February 2026.
Sample. There are 841 data points overall in the weekly series presented in the graph above. The series covers the time range extending from January 2010 to February 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean of -2,256,111 contracts; they attained a maximum of -648,444 on 13 July 2010; they hit a trough of -4,091,077 on 27 July 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | -2695187.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | -2720560.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | -2699132.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net 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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