COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Steel 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), compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 1,255 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 1,355 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 609 data points overall in the weekly time series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the time range stretching from May 2012 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 762 contracts; they recorded a minimum of 0 on 11 November 2014; they recorded a maximum of 3,165 on 26 November 2013.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 1403.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 1355.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 1255.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in steel 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: "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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