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
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 producers and merchants in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 30,190 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 29,195 on 6 January.
Sample. There are 1,023 records overall in the weekly series presented in the plot above. The time period covered by the series is from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some summary statistics computed on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 23,643 contracts; they peaked at 75,560 on 17 July 2018; they hit a minimum of 3,635 on 13 October 2009.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 29656.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 29195.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 30190.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by producers and merchants 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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