COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in natural gas futures of the kind "NAT GAS ICE LD1 - ICE FUTURES ENERGY DIV" were 7,995,976 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 7,888,051 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. There are 871 records in the weekly series presented in the figure above. The series covers the period going from January 2010 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions recorded a minimum of 3,720,691 contracts on 2 March 2010; they reached a maximum of 8,202,201 on 25 November 2025; they were equal on average to 5,626,738.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 7,816,562 |
| 2026-09-08 | 7,888,051 |
| 2026-09-15 | 7,995,976 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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