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 29,918 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 29,128 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 567 records overall in the weekly series shown in the plot above. The series covers the time range stretching from October 2015 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some summary statistics computed on the whole sample: positions hit a maximum of 37,916 contracts on 30 June 2020; they registered a minimum of 17,857 on 6 October 2015; they had a mean of 27,675.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 31,487.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 29,128.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 29,918.0 |
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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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