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." were 15,813 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 15,873 on 22 September.
Sample. In the weekly series plotted above, there are 609 data points overall. The series covers the span of time going from May 2012 to September 2026.
History. Here are a few statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean of 4,790 contracts; they recorded their highest level of 15,873 on 22 September 2026; they reached a minimum of -12,083 on 18 March 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 15080.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 15873.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 15813.0 |
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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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