COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 40,333 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 39,794 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. This weekly series has 590 data points in total. The series covers the time period extending from May 2012 to May 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some simple statistics computed on the full sample: positions reached their minimum of 8,937 contracts on 12 February 2013; they recorded their highest level of 42,854 on 28 April 2026; they had a mean value of 21,084.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 38453.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 39794.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 40333.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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