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." stood at 42,391 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 41,291 on 11 August 2026.
Sample. There are 603 observations overall in the weekly series shown in the graph above. The series covers the span of time going from May 2012 to August 2026.
History. Check out some summary statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions were equal on average to 21,238 contracts; they hit a trough of 8,748 on 12 February 2013; they reached their highest level of 45,230 on 23 June 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 39861.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 41291.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 42391.0 |
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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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