COT reports: Long positions held by money managers 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 money managers in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 8,829 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 8,673 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 607 data points overall in the weekly time series presented in the chart above. The series covers the time span stretching from May 2012 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions had a mean of 2,277 contracts; they recorded a minimum of 0 on 12 April 2016; they reached a maximum of 13,120 on 27 January 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 8,450.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 8,673.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 8,829.00 |
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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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