COT reports: Net long positions held by other 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 other reporting traders in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were -199 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to -77 on 10 February 2026.
Sample. There are 577 data points overall in the weekly time series shown in the chart above. The series covers the time range extending from May 2012 to February 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions hit a trough of -9,688 contracts on 22 March 2016; they hit a maximum of 4,362 on 14 January 2020; they were equal on average to -1,785.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | -33.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | -77.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | -199.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by other 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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