COT reports: Long 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), long positions held by other reporting traders in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 8,546 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 8,608 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. There are 1,058 data points overall in the weekly time series shown in the chart above. The series covers the time period extending from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions reached a trough of 168 contracts on 26 December 2006; they recorded their highest level of 27,106 on 10 April 2018; they were equal on average to 11,907.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 8,429.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 8,608.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 8,546.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long 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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