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 41,024 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 38,831 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 607 records. The time range covered by the series stretches from May 2012 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at a few statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions had an average value of 21,653 contracts; they hit a maximum of 45,667 on 23 June 2026; they hit a minimum of 8,937 on 12 February 2013.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 38,827.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 38,831.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 41,024.0 |
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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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