COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 24,393 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus 24,973 on 12 May.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are a total of 1,041 data points. The series covers the period extending from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics computed on the full sample: positions hit a minimum of 848 contracts on 24 October 2006; they achieved a maximum of 43,996 on 28 January 2020; they were equal on average to 12,214.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 22945.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 24973.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 24393.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by swap dealers 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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