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
This series is part of the dataset: Copper 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), compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 8,078 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 8,216 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. In the weekly series shown in the plot, there are 1,023 observations overall. The series covers the time range going from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some simple statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions recorded a bottom of 165 contracts on 9 October 2007; they reached their highest level of 24,217 on 29 May 2018; they had an average value of 6,217.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 6922.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 8216.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 8078.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers 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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