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
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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 273 contracts on 15 September 2026, versus 262 on 8 September.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 567 observations in total. The series covers the time period going from October 2015 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions reached a trough of 0 contracts on 10 September 2024; they reached their maximum of 3,280 on 1 September 2026; they had a mean of 240.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 3,280.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 262.000 |
| 2026-09-15 | 273.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-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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