COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers 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 swap dealers in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 16,263 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 16,425 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. There are 1,058 observations overall in the weekly time series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the span of time going from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at a few descriptive statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions were equal on average to 8,166 contracts; they achieved a maximum of 25,508 on 12 July 2022; they recorded a minimum of 311 on 1 April 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 16,653.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 16,425.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 16,263.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by swap dealers 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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