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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

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), net long positions held by swap dealers in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 13,761 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 13,341 on 6 January.

Sample. There are 1,023 observations overall in the weekly time series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the time span stretching from June 2006 to January 2026.

History. Have a look at a few simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions hit a peak of 62,772 contracts on 28 April 2015; they registered a minimum of 4,667 on 15 July 2025; they had an average value of 35,794.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2025-12-30 12351.0
2026-01-06 13341.0
2026-01-13 13761.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Net long 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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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