COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders 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), long positions held by all reporting traders in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 40,445 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 38,316 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 607 observations overall in the weekly series presented in the graph above. The period covered by the series stretches from May 2012 to September 2026.
History. Here are some statistics calculated on the full sample: positions reached their highest level of 45,230 contracts on 23 June 2026; they hit a minimum of 8,748 on 12 February 2013; they were equal on average to 21,363.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 38,321.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 38,316.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 40,445.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by all reporting traders 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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