COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Copper 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), compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 9,518 contracts on 27 January 2026, versus 9,299 on 20 January 2026.
Sample. There are 1,025 data points overall in the weekly time series presented in the plot above. The period covered by the series is from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics computed on the full sample: positions had a mean of 6,224 contracts; they hit a trough of 165 on 9 October 2007; they peaked at 24,217 on 29 May 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | 8078.0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 9299.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 9518.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in copper 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: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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