COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Silver 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), net long positions held by swap dealers in silver futures of the kind "SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were -23,375 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to -24,014 on 12 May.
Sample. There are 1,041 observations overall in the weekly series shown in the graph above. The series covers the time range extending from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Take a look at some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: positions averaged -8,451 contracts; they recorded their maximum of 25,263 on 4 September 2018; they recorded a minimum of -54,388 on 1 July 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | -22922.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | -24014.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | -23375.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by swap dealers in silver 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: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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