COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants 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 producers and merchants in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were -25,370 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus -25,416 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 609 observations. The series covers the span of time stretching from May 2012 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some simple statistics computed on the entire sample: positions had a mean value of -2,803 contracts; they reached a maximum of 10,360 on 15 February 2022; they reached a minimum of -27,082 on 24 March 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | -24535.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | -25416.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | -25370.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by producers and merchants 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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