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." were 120,117 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 115,127 on 11 August.
Sample. The weekly series shown in the figure has a total of 1,054 data points. The series covers the span of time extending from June 2006 to August 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions averaged 151,485 contracts; they recorded a maximum of 244,196 on 21 August 2018; they reached their minimum of 82,434 on 2 December 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 111999.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 115127.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 120117.0 |
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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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