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" stood at -2,090,611 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to -2,189,993 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 873 observations in the weekly series displayed in the chart above. The period covered by the series extends from January 2010 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions recorded a minimum of -4,091,077 contracts on 27 July 2021; they recorded their highest level of -648,444 on 13 July 2010; they were equal on average to -2,261,500.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | -2137105.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | -2189993.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | -2090611.0 |
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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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