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
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), short positions held by all reporting traders in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 260,827 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 257,693 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are a total of 1,023 data points. The time range covered by the series goes from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean of 165,915 contracts; they hit a peak of 316,334 on 15 August 2017; they recorded a bottom of 52,829 on 13 March 2007.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 250839.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 257693.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 260827.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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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