COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 71 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to 90 on 10 February.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 577 records overall. The series covers the period extending from May 2012 to February 2026.
History. Here are some summary statistics computed on the entire sample: positions averaged 498 contracts; they reached a maximum of 4,763 on 24 June 2025; they hit a trough of 0 on 26 December 2017.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 240.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 90.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 71.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers 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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