COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 15,863 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 15,923 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 609 records in the weekly time series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the time range stretching from May 2012 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions had an average value of 5,415 contracts; they hit a minimum of 323 on 2 October 2018; they reached their highest level of 15,923 on 22 September 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 15130.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 15923.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 15863.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by swap dealers 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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