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
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 non-reporting traders in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 9,159 contracts on 15 September 2026, versus 8,373 on 8 September.
Sample. This weekly series has 1,058 records in total. The period covered by the series goes from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions recorded their highest level of 25,926 contracts on 11 June 2013; they reached their minimum of 8,072 on 5 August 2025; they were equal on average to 14,763.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 8,162.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 8,373.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 9,159.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-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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