COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders 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), net long positions held by other reporting traders in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were -9,628 contracts on 27 January 2026, compared to -10,231 on 20 January 2026.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are a total of 1,025 observations. The series covers the span of time stretching from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here are some summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions reached their lowest level of -83,349 contracts on 15 August 2017; they hit a maximum of 36,475 on 24 July 2018; they had an average value of -7,088.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | -9950.0 |
| 2026-01-20 | -10231.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | -9628.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by other reporting traders 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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