COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in gold futures of the kind "GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 527,455 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 488,116 on 6 January.
Sample. There are 1,023 observations overall in the weekly time series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the time period stretching from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions had a mean value of 469,074 contracts; they achieved a maximum of 796,883 on 14 January 2020; they reached their lowest level of 261,001 on 9 December 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 481866.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 488116.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 527455.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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