COT reports: Short positions held by all 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), short positions held by all reporting traders in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 59,062 contracts on 16 June 2026, versus 58,917 on 9 June 2026.
Sample. There are 1,045 data points in the weekly time series shown in the plot above. The series covers the period extending from June 2006 to June 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some summary statistics computed on the full sample: positions attained a maximum of 103,459 contracts on 21 January 2020; they reached their minimum of 5,657 on 24 October 2006; they averaged 54,898.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | 61281.0 |
| 2026-06-09 | 58917.0 |
| 2026-06-16 | 59062.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by all 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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