COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Steel 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 all reporting traders in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 38,024 contracts on 27 January 2026, compared to 36,912 on 20 January 2026.
Sample. There are 574 data points in the weekly time series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the time range extending from May 2012 to January 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had an average value of 20,332 contracts; they reached a trough of 8,748 on 12 February 2013; they reached a maximum of 41,132 on 18 March 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | 34985.0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 36912.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 38024.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by all reporting traders in steel 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: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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