COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Platinum 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), compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 3,660 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 4,411 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are a total of 1,058 records. The series covers the time range stretching from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions averaged 667 contracts; they recorded a bottom of 0 on 6 December 2011; they reached their highest level of 6,264 on 16 September 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 4,830.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 4,411.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 3,660.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in platinum 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: "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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