Managed Money net -493 contracts in ALUMINUM MWP, positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026.
Data as of Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026; published Fri 23 Oct 2026
Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026 - published Fri 23 Oct 2026 (CFTC, Friday release)
Report family
Disaggregated
Basis
Futures only
Market
ALUMINUM MWP - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC.
CFTC contract code
191693
Contract unit
55,116 Us Pounds-25 Mt
Open interest, contracts
29,911
Change in open interest, contracts
+433
Latest report, futures only
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
7,484
21,135
-
-13,651
25.0
70.7
-45.6
Swap Dealers
17,156
2,350
1,260
+14,806
57.4
7.9
49.5
Managed Money
70
563
218
-493
0.2
1.9
-1.6
Other Reportables
3,178
3,717
395
-539
10.6
12.4
-1.8
Total reportable
29,761
29,638
-
+123
99.5
99.1
0.4
Nonreportable
150
273
-
-123
0.5
0.9
-0.4
Managed Money: position against its own history
Weekly net, last 156 reports
Managed Money net, contracts
-493
Week change
+60
4-week change
-350
13-week change
-204
Net as % of open interest
-1.6%
Percentile, 1 year (52 weeks)
6
Percentile, 3 years (156 weeks)
57
Z-score, 52 weeks
-1.63
COT Index, 3 years
71
52-week high of net
+637
52-week low of net
-614
Traders and concentration
Category
Traders long
Traders short
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
12
22
Swap Dealers
12
4
Other Reportables
-
11
Total reportable
36
47
Largest 4 traders, gross long
48.1%
Largest 4 traders, gross short
51.1%
Largest 8 traders, gross long
72.2%
Largest 8 traders, gross short
69.9%
Largest 4 traders, net long
47.4%
Largest 4 traders, net short
51.1%
Largest 8 traders, net long
71.5%
Largest 8 traders, net short
69.2%
Concentration is the share of open interest held by the largest traders, as published in the report.
Latest report, futures and options combined
Category
Long
Short
Spreading
Net
Long % of OI
Short % of OI
Net % of OI
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
7,484
21,135
-
-13,651
25.0
70.7
-45.6
Swap Dealers
17,156
2,350
1,260
+14,806
57.4
7.9
49.5
Managed Money
70
563
218
-493
0.2
1.9
-1.6
Other Reportables
3,178
3,717
395
-539
10.6
12.4
-1.8
Total reportable
29,761
29,638
-
+123
99.5
99.1
0.4
Nonreportable
150
273
-
-123
0.5
0.9
-0.4
The combined basis adds options converted to futures equivalents at exchange delta factors. The two bases are never mixed in one series; the history on this page is futures only.
Open interest by maturity split
All contract months, contracts
29,911
Old crop / nearest months, contracts
29,911
Other months, contracts
0
Recent reports, net by category
Report date
Open interest
Producer/Merchant/Processor/User
Swap Dealers
Managed Money
Other Reportables
Total reportable
Nonreportable
Tue 20 Oct 2026
29,911
-13,651
+14,806
-493
-539
+123
-123
Tue 13 Oct 2026
29,478
-13,524
+14,730
-553
-519
+134
-134
Tue 6 Oct 2026
29,294
-13,431
+14,722
-118
-769
+404
-404
Tue 29 Sep 2026
31,455
-13,656
+14,892
-43
-816
+377
-377
Tue 22 Sep 2026
30,680
-13,407
+14,323
-143
-646
+127
-127
Tue 15 Sep 2026
29,918
-13,349
+13,888
-213
-206
+120
-120
Tue 8 Sep 2026
29,128
-13,157
+13,598
-244
-88
+109
-109
Tue 1 Sep 2026
31,487
-13,108
+13,430
-229
+21
+114
-114
Tue 25 Aug 2026
30,796
-13,414
+13,579
-159
+177
+183
-183
Tue 18 Aug 2026
29,582
-13,105
+13,797
-159
-382
+151
-151
Spreading is calendar-spread positions. It prints as its own column and is not part of net. Percentile is the share of weeks in the window with a net at or below the current net. The COT Index places the current net within its 3-year range, 0 at the low and 100 at the high. Gauges print only when the window holds enough history. History is the series as currently published by the CFTC, including its corrections; first-release vintages are not kept. An extreme reading is a condition of crowding, not a buy or sell signal: speculative categories are trend followers and are usually largest near price extremes.
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, Disaggregated report, futures only unless stated. Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026, published Fri 23 Oct 2026.