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." stood at 397 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 540 on 6 January.
Sample. The weekly series displayed in the graph has a total of 532 observations. The time range covered by the series is from October 2015 to January 2026.
History. Take a look at some descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions registered a minimum of 0 contracts on 13 April 2021; they peaked at 944 on 13 June 2017; they were equal on average to 229.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 581.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 540.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 397.0 |
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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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