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
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), 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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