COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in gold futures: MICRO 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 "MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 72,555 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 68,733 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. There are 128 observations in the weekly series shown in the chart above. The series covers the time range going from December 2020 to January 2026.
History. Here are a few statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions had an average value of 42,200 contracts; they hit a peak of 84,281 on 18 November 2025; they recorded a minimum of 23,780 on 25 April 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 70021.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 68733.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 72555.0 |
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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: MICRO GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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