COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 15,601 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus 14,565 on 12 May.
Sample. There are 1,041 observations overall in the weekly time series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the time period stretching from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics computed on the full sample: positions achieved a maximum of 25,508 contracts on 12 July 2022; they recorded a bottom of 311 on 1 April 2008; they were equal on average to 8,041.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 14558.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 14565.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 15601.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by swap dealers 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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