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." stood at 14,080 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 13,349 on 11 August 2026.
Sample. The weekly time series presented in the graph has a total of 603 data points. The series covers the time period extending from May 2012 to August 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few summary statistics computed on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 5,319 contracts; they hit a peak of 14,725 on 28 April 2026; they recorded a minimum of 323 on 2 October 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 12611.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 13349.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 14080.0 |
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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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