COT reports: Long positions held by other 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 other reporting traders in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 2,235 contracts on 31 March 2026, versus 2,863 on 24 March.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 583 observations overall. The series covers the time range extending from May 2012 to March 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions had an average value of 4,351 contracts; they attained a maximum of 15,028 on 26 May 2015; they reached a trough of 99 on 3 May 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 2620.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 2863.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 2235.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by other 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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