COT reports: Net long positions held by other 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), net long positions held by other reporting traders in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 4,574 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 4,601 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 1,041 records overall. The series covers the time range extending from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions hit a peak of 25,069 contracts on 25 June 2019; they reached their lowest level of -2,571 on 12 August 2008; they averaged 8,622.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 5413.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 4601.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 4574.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by other 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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