COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in natural gas futures: NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Natural gas 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), long positions held by non-reporting traders in natural gas futures of the kind "NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV" stood at 37,955 contracts on 27 January 2026, versus 38,667 on 20 January 2026.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 838 records overall. The span of time covered by the series extends from January 2010 to January 2026.
History. Check out some descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions reached a minimum of 4,844 contracts on 28 February 2012; they peaked at 104,297 on 25 November 2025; they averaged 38,096.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | 36796.0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 38667.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 37955.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by non-reporting traders in natural gas 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: NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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