COT reports: Net 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), net long positions held by non-reporting traders in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 329 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 836 on 22 September.
Sample. There are 609 observations overall in the weekly series shown in the chart above. The span of time covered by the series stretches from May 2012 to September 2026.
History. Check out a few summary statistics computed on the full sample: positions registered a minimum of -1,082 contracts on 9 December 2014; they recorded a maximum of 836 on 22 September 2026; they were equal on average to 142.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 526.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 836.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 329.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net 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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