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 537 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to 697 on 10 February 2026.
Sample. There are 577 observations in the weekly series shown in the graph above. The series covers the time period stretching from May 2012 to February 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean of 281 contracts; they reached their lowest level of 0 on 26 July 2016; they peaked at 845 on 31 December 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 679.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 697.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 537.0 |
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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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