COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants 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 producers and merchants in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were -86,956 contracts on 27 January 2026, compared to -89,963 on 20 January.
Sample. There are 1,025 data points in the weekly time series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time span extending from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Check out some summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions averaged -40,667 contracts; they hit a trough of -109,630 on 16 February 2021; they recorded a maximum of 14,943 on 3 September 2019.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | -82723.0 |
| 2026-01-20 | -89963.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | -86956.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by producers and merchants 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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