COT reports: Long 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), long positions held by swap dealers in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." were 15,130 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 14,035 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 607 observations overall in the weekly time series presented in the plot above. The time span covered by the series stretches from May 2012 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions had an average value of 5,380 contracts; they reached a minimum of 323 on 2 October 2018; they peaked at 15,711 on 25 August 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 13,597.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 14,035.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 15,130.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long 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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