COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Silver 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 swap dealers in silver futures of the kind "SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 52,868 contracts on 20 January 2026, compared to 55,614 on 13 January.
Sample. There are 1,024 observations in the weekly time series shown in the graph above. The time span covered by the series stretches from June 2006 to January 2026.
History. Take a look at some simple statistics calculated on the full sample: positions hit a minimum of 5,061 contracts on 26 June 2012; they recorded a maximum of 91,801 on 31 December 2019; they averaged 38,230.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-06 | 57920.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 55614.0 |
| 2026-01-20 | 52868.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by swap dealers in silver 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: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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