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
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), long positions held by producers and merchants in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 7,704 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 7,170 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. There are 567 data points overall in the weekly series presented in the chart above. The series covers the time period stretching from October 2015 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics computed on the whole sample: positions had a mean value of 9,400 contracts; they recorded a bottom of 3,217 on 7 September 2021; they reached their maximum of 17,181 on 31 December 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 6,948.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 7,170.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 7,704.00 |
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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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