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 11,018 contracts on 31 March 2026, compared to 12,251 on 24 March.
Sample. There are 583 data points overall in the weekly series displayed in the chart above. The time span covered by the series stretches from May 2012 to March 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics calculated on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 5,068 contracts; they hit a minimum of 323 on 2 October 2018; they recorded their highest level of 12,521 on 22 February 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 12087.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 12251.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 11018.0 |
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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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