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
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 other reporting traders in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 35,583 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 36,860 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. There are 1,023 records in the weekly time series shown in the plot above. The span of time covered by the series is from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Check out some statistics computed on the entire sample: positions had a mean of 22,199 contracts; they reached their highest level of 97,389 on 15 August 2017; they reached their lowest level of 3,525 on 23 August 2011.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 35635.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 36860.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 35583.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by other 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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