COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Aluminum 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), compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 1,158 contracts on 15 September 2026, versus 1,182 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. There are 567 observations in the weekly series shown in the plot above. The series covers the span of time extending from October 2015 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions recorded their highest level of 1,531 contracts on 25 August 2026; they hit a trough of 0 on 5 December 2017; they had a mean of 322.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 1,109.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 1,182.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 1,158.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in aluminum 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: "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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