COT reports: Long positions held by non-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 non-reporting traders in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 579 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 515 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 607 records overall in the weekly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the span of time going from May 2012 to September 2026.
History. Check out some simple statistics calculated on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 290 contracts; they reached a trough of 0 on 26 July 2016; they reached a maximum of 845 on 31 December 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 506.000 |
| 2026-09-08 | 515.000 |
| 2026-09-15 | 579.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by non-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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