COT reports: Long positions held by non-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 non-reporting traders in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 457 contracts on 16 June 2026, versus 511 on 9 June.
Sample. There are 594 data points in the weekly time series shown in the figure above. The series covers the time span extending from May 2012 to June 2026.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions averaged 288 contracts; they registered a minimum of 0 on 26 July 2016; they hit a maximum of 845 on 31 December 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | 756.0 |
| 2026-06-09 | 511.0 |
| 2026-06-16 | 457.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by non-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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