COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in steel futures of the kind "STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC." stood at 35,549 contracts on 13 January 2026, versus 31,512 on 6 January 2026.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 572 records in total. The series covers the time range stretching from May 2012 to January 2026.
History. Here are a few summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions recorded a minimum of 8,937 contracts on 12 February 2013; they recorded their highest level of 41,425 on 18 March 2025; they averaged 20,550.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-12-30 | 36207.0 |
| 2026-01-06 | 31512.0 |
| 2026-01-13 | 35549.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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