COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in palladium futures of the kind "PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 2,855 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus 3,205 on 12 May.
Sample. There are 1,041 data points overall in the weekly time series presented in the figure above. The series covers the time range extending from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions had an average value of 3,937 contracts; they reached a minimum of 0 on 3 October 2023; they peaked at 17,261 on 16 September 2014.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 3244.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 3205.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 2855.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by swap dealers 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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