COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 62,782 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus 63,375 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 1,041 records in total. The time span covered by the series goes from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics computed on the whole sample: positions averaged 57,554 contracts; they registered a minimum of 6,968 on 10 October 2006; they recorded their highest level of 105,936 on 21 January 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 60646.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 63375.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 62782.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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