COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 11,750 contracts on 16 June 2026, compared to 11,261 on 9 June.
Sample. There are 594 observations in the weekly time series shown in the chart above. The time span covered by the series is from May 2012 to June 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions averaged 4,569 contracts; they hit a minimum of -12,083 on 18 March 2025; they hit a maximum of 14,625 on 28 April 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | 10401.0 |
| 2026-06-09 | 11261.0 |
| 2026-06-16 | 11750.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by swap dealers 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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