COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Platinum 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), long positions held by non-reporting traders in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 8,545 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 8,283 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. The weekly time series presented in the plot has 1,041 observations in total. The series covers the time span extending from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions achieved a maximum of 13,024 contracts on 18 June 2019; they recorded a minimum of 1,571 on 3 October 2006; they had a mean of 6,963.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 8130.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 8283.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 8545.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by non-reporting traders in platinum 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: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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