COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Gold 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), total open positions (open interest) in gold futures of the kind "MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 78,421 contracts on 27 January 2026, compared to 78,970 on 20 January 2026.
Sample. This weekly time series has 130 observations overall. The time span covered by the series extends from December 2020 to January 2026.
History. Here are a few descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions averaged 42,761 contracts; they registered a minimum of 23,780 on 25 April 2023; they recorded a maximum of 84,281 on 18 November 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | 72555.0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 78970.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 78421.0 |
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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: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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