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 42,389 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 42,807 on 22 September.
Sample. In the weekly series plotted above, there are a total of 609 records. The time period covered by the series is from May 2012 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions achieved a maximum of 45,667 contracts on 23 June 2026; they reached their minimum of 8,937 on 12 February 2013; they averaged 21,722.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 41024.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 42807.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 42389.0 |
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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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