COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in natural gas futures of the kind "NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV" were 7,987,969 contracts on 27 January 2026, compared to 7,926,931 on 20 January.
Sample. There are 838 data points overall in the weekly time series presented in the graph above. The series covers the span of time going from January 2010 to January 2026.
History. Here are some simple statistics computed on the whole sample: positions averaged 5,536,825 contracts; they recorded a bottom of 3,720,691 on 2 March 2010; they reached a maximum of 8,202,201 on 25 November 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | 7891227.0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 7926931.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 7987969.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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