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COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), total open positions (open interest) in silver futures of the kind "SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 152,020 contracts on 20 January 2026, compared to 151,513 on 13 January 2026.

Sample. There are 1,024 data points overall in the weekly series shown in the graph above. The span of time covered by the series stretches from June 2006 to January 2026.

History. Here are some descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: positions hit a maximum of 244,196 contracts on 21 August 2018; they reached their lowest level of 82,434 on 2 December 2008; they had an average value of 152,586.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-01-06 153240.0
2026-01-13 151513.0
2026-01-20 152020.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Total open positions (open interest) 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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Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in silver futures: SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 1024 2006-06-13 2026-01-20