COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Silver 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), net long positions held by swap dealers in silver futures of the kind "SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at -22,843 contracts on 27 January 2026, versus -26,633 on 20 January.
Sample. In the weekly series displayed in the graph, there are 1,025 observations. The span of time covered by the series stretches from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics computed on the whole sample: positions attained a maximum of 25,263 contracts on 4 September 2018; they reached their minimum of -54,388 on 1 July 2025; they were equal on average to -8,203.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | -29781.0 |
| 2026-01-20 | -26633.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | -22843.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by swap dealers in silver 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: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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