COT reports: Short 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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 3,656 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 3,428 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. The weekly series shown in the chart has 1,060 observations overall. The series covers the time span stretching from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: positions reached a trough of 484 contracts on 1 May 2007; they reached their highest level of 8,248 on 27 May 2025; they were equal on average to 2,692.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 3415.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 3428.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 3656.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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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