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." stood at 42,864 contracts on 18 August 2026, versus 41,670 on 11 August.
Sample. This weekly series has a total of 603 observations. The span of time covered by the series extends from May 2012 to August 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: positions reached a maximum of 45,667 contracts on 23 June 2026; they recorded a minimum of 8,937 on 12 February 2013; they had an average value of 21,526.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 40162.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 41670.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 42864.0 |
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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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