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COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly

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 gold futures of the kind "MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were -14,711 contracts on 27 January 2026, versus -9,447 on 20 January.

Sample. There are 130 records overall in the weekly series presented in the figure above. The span of time covered by the series is from December 2020 to January 2026.

History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions had a mean value of -4,443 contracts; they reached a maximum of 12,960 on 24 September 2024; they reached a trough of -41,114 on 18 November 2025.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-01-13 -15008.0
2026-01-20 -9447.0
2026-01-27 -14711.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Net long positions held by other reporting traders in gold 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: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC.
FSR temporal aggregation code LW1

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Gold

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1025 2006-06-13 2026-01-27

Micro gold

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 130 2020-12-01 2026-01-27