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 50 contracts on 29 September 2026, the same value recorded on 22 September.
Sample. There are 609 observations overall in the weekly series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the span of time going from May 2012 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at some statistics calculated on the full sample: positions reached their minimum of 0 contracts on 26 December 2017; they hit a maximum of 16,992 on 18 March 2025; they were equal on average to 624.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 50.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 50.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 50.0 |
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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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