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COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (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), long positions held by producers and merchants in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 10,929 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 10,480 on 6 January.

Sample. There are 532 data points in the weekly time series displayed in the plot above. The time span covered by the series stretches from October 2015 to January 2026.

History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions averaged 9,415 contracts; they registered a minimum of 3,217 on 7 September 2021; they reached their highest level of 17,181 on 31 December 2018.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2025-12-30 11190.0
2026-01-06 10480.0
2026-01-13 10929.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Long positions held by producers and merchants 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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Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
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 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in aluminum futures: ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 532 2015-10-06 2026-01-13