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COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), net long positions held by swap dealers in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were -8,573 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to -8,699 on 6 January.

Sample. There are 1,023 data points overall in the weekly time series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the time period extending from June 2006 to January 2026.

History. Here are a few statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean value of -4,101 contracts; they reached their minimum of -33,777 on 28 January 2020; they recorded a maximum of 19,157 on 6 September 2022.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2025-12-30 -7494.0
2026-01-06 -8699.0
2026-01-13 -8573.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Net 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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Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
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 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in platinum futures: PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13
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 1023 2006-06-13 2026-01-13