COT reports: Net long positions held by non-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), net long positions held by non-reporting traders in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 6,212 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 5,804 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. The weekly series shown in the chart has a total of 1,023 data points. The time range covered by the series stretches from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Take a look at a few statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions reached a maximum of 9,882 contracts on 18 May 2021; they reached a trough of -441 on 9 July 2013; they had a mean of 4,260.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 5594.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 5804.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 6212.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by non-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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