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 -2,658,744 contracts on 31 March 2026, versus -2,796,931 on 24 March.
Sample. In the weekly time series displayed in the plot, there are 847 data points. The time range covered by the series stretches from January 2010 to March 2026.
History. Take a look at some simple statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean of -2,259,405 contracts; they reached a maximum of -648,444 on 13 July 2010; they reached their minimum of -4,091,077 on 27 July 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | -2739146.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | -2796931.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | -2658744.0 |
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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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