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COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), long positions held by money managers in gold futures of the kind "GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 158,825 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 146,445 on 6 January 2026.

Sample. There are 1,023 records overall in the weekly time series shown in the graph above. The time range covered by the series goes from June 2006 to January 2026.

History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean value of 147,949 contracts; they reached their lowest level of 54,019 on 24 October 2006; they recorded their highest level of 300,070 on 5 July 2016.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2025-12-30 148642.0
2026-01-06 146445.0
2026-01-13 158825.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Long positions held by money managers in gold 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: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC.
FSR temporal aggregation code LW1

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Gold

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13

Micro gold

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in gold futures: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 128 2020-12-01 2026-01-13