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COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 34,297 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 33,797 on 6 January.

Sample. There are 1,023 data points overall in the weekly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time range stretching from June 2006 to January 2026.

History. Here's a glimpse of a few statistics computed on the entire sample: positions reached a minimum of 677 contracts on 3 October 2006; they reached their maximum of 51,824 on 21 January 2020; they had a mean of 15,031.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2025-12-30 33032.0
2026-01-06 33797.0
2026-01-13 34297.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in copper 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: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC.
FSR temporal aggregation code LW1

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Copper

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in copper futures: COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13