COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers 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), net long positions held by swap dealers in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 10,026 contracts on 27 January 2026, compared to 9,856 on 20 January.
Sample. There are 574 records in the weekly series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the time range going from May 2012 to January 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics we computed on the full sample: positions reached their highest level of 12,371 contracts on 22 February 2022; they hit a trough of -12,083 on 18 March 2025; they had a mean value of 4,319.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-13 | 9646.0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 9856.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 10026.0 |
Suggestion. One of the pluses of using FetchSeries is that we publish rich metadata. Check it below to better understand the properties of the series that you analyze.
Not for investment purposes. Any financial data collected and published on this web site are not suitable for investment purposes or other financial decisions. Users should seek expert advice and do independent analysis before pledging money to any investment.
Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by swap dealers 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 |
Series in the same data set
Discover the other time series included in this data set.