COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in copper futures of the kind "COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 269,813 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 267,027 on 6 January.
Sample. The weekly series shown in the plot has 1,023 observations. The series covers the period stretching from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions reached a minimum of 65,156 contracts on 13 March 2007; they achieved a maximum of 333,951 on 15 August 2017; they had a mean of 180,848.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 260139.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 267027.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 269813.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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