COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in palladium futures: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Palladium 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), short positions held by producers and merchants in palladium futures of the kind "PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 3,948 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 4,388 on 6 January.
Sample. There are 1,023 records overall in the weekly time series presented in the figure above. The series covers the time range extending from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Take a look at some statistics calculated on the full sample: positions had an average value of 9,775 contracts; they reached a maximum of 25,191 on 12 November 2013; they reached their lowest level of 256 on 5 September 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 4425.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 4388.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 3948.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by producers and merchants in palladium 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: PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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