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
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), net long positions held by other reporting traders in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were -3,320 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to -2,569 on 6 January.
Sample. There are 532 observations in the weekly time series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the period stretching from October 2015 to January 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions reached their lowest level of -3,320 contracts on 13 January 2026; they reached their highest level of 14,734 on 28 February 2017; they averaged 5,510.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | -2317.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | -2569.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | -3320.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by other reporting traders 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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