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COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - 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), long positions held by money managers in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 11,898 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 10,898 on 6 January 2026.

Sample. There are 572 data points in the weekly time series presented in the chart above. The time range covered by the series is from May 2012 to January 2026.

History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics computed on the full sample: positions hit a trough of 0 contracts on 29 December 2015; they peaked at 11,898 on 13 January 2026; they had a mean of 1,784.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2025-12-30 10801.0
2026-01-06 10898.0
2026-01-13 11898.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Long positions held by money managers 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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Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by producers and merchants in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by producers and merchants in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by producers and merchants in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by swap dealers in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by swap dealers in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by swap dealers in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by swap dealers in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by money managers in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by money managers in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by money managers in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by money managers in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in steel futures: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 572 2012-05-29 2026-01-13