COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in aluminum futures of the kind "ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 25,022 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 24,118 on 6 January.
Sample. There are 532 data points overall in the weekly time series displayed in the plot above. The period covered by the series is from October 2015 to January 2026.
History. Here are some simple statistics we computed on the full sample: positions had a mean of 27,632 contracts; they hit a maximum of 37,916 on 30 June 2020; they reached a trough of 17,857 on 6 October 2015.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 27224.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 24118.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 25022.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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