COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Steel 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), compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 277 contracts on 13 January 2026, unchanged with respect to 6 January 2026.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are a total of 572 observations. The series covers the period extending from May 2012 to January 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions were equal on average to 500 contracts; they recorded their maximum of 4,763 on 24 June 2025; they reached a trough of 0 on 6 August 2013.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 713.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 277.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 277.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in steel 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: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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