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
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 swap dealers in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 3,155 contracts on 15 September 2026, versus 3,205 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. There are 567 data points in the weekly series presented in the figure above. The period covered by the series goes from October 2015 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics computed on the full sample: positions had an average value of 1,692 contracts; they recorded a minimum of 0 on 27 September 2016; they reached their highest level of 7,812 on 31 March 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 3,098.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 3,205.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 3,155.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by swap dealers 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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