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 415 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 368 on 12 May.
Sample. This weekly series has a total of 590 data points. The series covers the time range going from May 2012 to May 2026.
History. Have a look at a few statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions attained a maximum of 618 contracts on 31 May 2022; they recorded a bottom of -1,082 on 9 December 2014; they were equal on average to 135.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 414.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 368.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 415.0 |
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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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