COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in silver futures of the kind "SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 100,751 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 103,800 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. In the weekly time series shown in the graph, there are 1,041 data points in total. The series covers the time period extending from June 2006 to May 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean value of 152,028 contracts; they reached their lowest level of 82,434 on 2 December 2008; they recorded their highest level of 244,196 on 21 August 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 96932.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 103800.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 100751.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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