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 -2,484,666 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus -2,454,189 on 12 May.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 854 data points. The series covers the time period going from January 2010 to May 2026.
History. Take a look at a few statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions had an average value of -2,261,664 contracts; they achieved a maximum of -648,444 on 13 July 2010; they hit a minimum of -4,091,077 on 27 July 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | -2461263.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | -2454189.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | -2484666.0 |
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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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