COT reports: Short 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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 4,052 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 4,197 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. There are 1,023 observations overall in the weekly series shown in the graph above. The time period covered by the series stretches from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Take a look at a few statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions had an average value of 2,667 contracts; they reached a minimum of 484 on 1 May 2007; they hit a maximum of 8,248 on 27 May 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 4290.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 4197.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 4052.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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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