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COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (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), compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 7,367 contracts on 27 January 2026, compared to 5,579 on 20 January 2026.

Sample. In this weekly series, there are 1,025 data points overall. The series covers the time span going from June 2006 to January 2026.

History. Here's a glimpse of a few summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean of 1,882 contracts; they recorded a bottom of 0 on 23 November 2010; they hit a peak of 10,958 on 12 September 2023.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-01-13 5572.0
2026-01-20 5579.0
2026-01-27 7367.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in platinum 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: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
FSR temporal aggregation code LW1

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Platinum

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