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
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), long positions held by all reporting traders in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 271,051 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 276,950 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 1,058 observations in the weekly time series presented in the chart above. The series covers the time span going from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some summary statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions reached their minimum of 53,929 contracts on 6 March 2007; they peaked at 316,018 on 15 August 2017; they were equal on average to 167,844.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 263,240 |
| 2026-09-08 | 276,950 |
| 2026-09-15 | 271,051 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by all reporting traders 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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