COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in natural gas futures: NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Natural gas 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), net long positions held by non-reporting traders in natural gas futures of the kind "NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV" were 18,381 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 17,907 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 871 data points in the weekly time series presented in the graph above. The series covers the time period stretching from January 2010 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few summary statistics we computed on the full sample: positions averaged 19,267 contracts; they registered a minimum of -29,172 on 26 February 2013; they attained a maximum of 77,698 on 29 October 2024.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 16,358.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 17,907.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 18,381.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in natural gas 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: "NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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