COT reports: Long positions held by all 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), long positions held by all reporting traders in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 41,931 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 41,767 on 22 September.
Sample. There are 609 observations in the weekly time series shown in the plot above. The series covers the time span extending from May 2012 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at some statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions reached their minimum of 8,748 contracts on 12 February 2013; they reached their maximum of 45,230 on 23 June 2026; they had an average value of 21,431.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 40445.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 41767.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 41931.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by all 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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