COT reports: Short 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), short positions held by other reporting traders in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 2,761 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 3,685 on 12 May.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 1,041 observations. The time range covered by the series is from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics computed on the whole sample: positions recorded their highest level of 13,609 contracts on 7 October 2025; they reached their minimum of 0 on 21 November 2006; they were equal on average to 3,347.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 3899.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 3685.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 2761.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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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