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 498 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 468 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. There are 590 observations in the weekly series displayed in the graph above. The span of time covered by the series is from May 2012 to May 2026.
History. Here are some simple statistics calculated on the full sample: positions recorded their highest level of 845 contracts on 31 December 2018; they reached a trough of 0 on 26 July 2016; they had an average value of 286.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 483.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 468.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 498.0 |
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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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