COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Aluminum 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 aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 27,078 contracts on 27 January 2026, versus 25,900 on 20 January.
Sample. There are 534 records overall in the weekly series displayed in the chart above. The time range covered by the series is from October 2015 to January 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions reached a trough of 17,857 contracts on 6 October 2015; they hit a peak of 37,916 on 30 June 2020; they had an average value of 27,628.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | 25022.0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 25900.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 27078.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) in aluminum 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: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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