COT reports: Short positions held by money managers 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), short positions held by money managers in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 8,732 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 8,380 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 1,058 data points in the weekly series shown in the plot above. The series covers the span of time stretching from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions were equal on average to 12,441 contracts; they hit a maximum of 50,526 on 5 March 2024; they reached a minimum of 72 on 26 August 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 8,578.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 8,380.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 8,732.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by money managers 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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