COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants 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 producers and merchants in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 12,337 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 15,106 on 22 September.
Sample. There are 1,060 observations in the weekly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time period extending from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean of 23,235 contracts; they recorded a bottom of 3,059 on 13 June 2006; they reached a maximum of 47,106 on 14 January 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 14801.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 15106.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 12337.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by producers and merchants 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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