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." were 90,365 contracts on 15 September 2026, versus 87,451 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. There are 163 data points in the weekly series shown in the plot above. The period covered by the series is from December 2020 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some simple statistics we computed on the full sample: positions recorded a bottom of 23,780 contracts on 25 April 2023; they recorded their highest level of 90,365 on 15 September 2026; they had a mean of 47,427.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 83,554.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 87,451.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 90,365.0 |
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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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