COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in platinum futures of the kind "PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 78,337 contracts on 13 January 2026, compared to 79,050 on 6 January.
Sample. There are 1,023 data points in the weekly time series shown in the figure above. The period covered by the series extends from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Take a look at some simple statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions had an average value of 57,391 contracts; they recorded a bottom of 6,968 on 10 October 2006; they recorded a maximum of 105,936 on 21 January 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 82836.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 79050.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 78337.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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