COT reports: Short 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), short positions held by swap dealers in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 136 contracts on 17 February 2026, versus 116 on 10 February.
Sample. In the weekly time series shown in the chart, there are 577 observations in total. The time range covered by the series extends from May 2012 to February 2026.
History. Take a look at some summary statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions had a mean value of 652 contracts; they reached a maximum of 16,992 on 18 March 2025; they reached a trough of 0 on 26 December 2017.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 116.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 116.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 136.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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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