COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders 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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in natural gas futures of the kind "NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV" stood at 17,946 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 21,096 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 873 data points overall. The time range covered by the series is from January 2010 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at some summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions averaged 19,132 contracts; they recorded their highest level of 103,253 on 20 December 2011; they reached a minimum of 553 on 29 August 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 20273.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 21096.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 17946.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-reporting traders 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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