COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Palladium 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 producers and merchants in palladium futures of the kind "PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 1,341 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 1,560 on 22 September.
Sample. In the weekly series presented in the chart, there are 1,060 records in total. The series covers the time span stretching from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics computed on the whole sample: positions had a mean value of 9,510 contracts; they reached a maximum of 25,191 on 12 November 2013; they hit a trough of 256 on 5 September 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 1613.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 1560.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 1341.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by producers and merchants in palladium 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: "PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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