COT reports: Short positions held by other 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 other reporting traders in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 2,298 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 2,419 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. In the weekly series displayed in the chart, there are 1,058 records. The series covers the time period extending from June 2006 to September 2026.
History. Check out some simple statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions recorded their maximum of 13,609 contracts on 7 October 2025; they recorded a bottom of 0 on 21 November 2006; they had a mean value of 3,330.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 2,114.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 2,419.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 2,298.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by other 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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