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
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 other reporting traders in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 25,633 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 26,476 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. There are 1,023 records overall in the weekly series shown in the graph above. The span of time covered by the series is from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics computed on the full sample: positions had an average value of 15,116 contracts; they reached their minimum of 139 on 3 July 2007; they recorded their highest level of 48,992 on 24 July 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 24455.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 26476.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 25633.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by other 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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