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 34,134 contracts on 31 March 2026, compared to 41,524 on 24 March.
Sample. There are 583 data points in the weekly time series shown in the chart above. The series covers the period going from May 2012 to March 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions were equal on average to 20,864 contracts; they hit a peak of 41,524 on 24 March 2026; they reached a trough of 8,937 on 12 February 2013.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 40488.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 41524.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 34134.0 |
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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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