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." were 366 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 281 on 11 August 2026.
Sample. There are 603 data points in the weekly series displayed in the figure above. The span of time covered by the series extends from May 2012 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions averaged 139 contracts; they recorded a minimum of -1,082 on 9 December 2014; they attained a maximum of 678 on 2 June 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 235.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 281.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 366.0 |
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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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