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COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in gold futures: 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), total open positions (open interest) in gold futures of the kind "GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 488,463 contracts on 27 January 2026, versus 528,004 on 20 January 2026.

Sample. There are 1,025 records overall in the weekly time series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time range extending from June 2006 to January 2026.

History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: positions hit a peak of 796,883 contracts on 14 January 2020; they reached a minimum of 261,001 on 9 December 2008; they had a mean of 469,151.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-01-13 527455.0
2026-01-20 528004.0
2026-01-27 488463.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Total open positions (open interest) 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: 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