COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures: GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Gold 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), long positions held by other reporting traders in gold futures of the kind "GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 115,665 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 115,203 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 1,058 observations overall in the weekly time series shown in the chart above. The series covers the time period extending from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions were equal on average to 86,354 contracts; they recorded a minimum of 35,377 on 25 July 2006; they reached a maximum of 191,676 on 21 December 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 110,764 |
| 2026-09-08 | 115,203 |
| 2026-09-15 | 115,665 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by other reporting traders 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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