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Aluminium positioning

Thursday, October 29, 2026

Managed Money net +362 contracts at CFTC (United States), positions as of 9 Jun 2026.

Data as of Position dates per venue, printed on the page

CFTC (United States)Disaggregated, ALUMINUMManaged Money9 Jun 2026
CFTC (United States)Disaggregated, ALUMINUM MWPManaged Money20 Oct 2026
London Metal ExchangeAluminium High GradeInvestment funds24 Dec 2020
LMEAluminium High GradeInvestment funds16 Oct 2026

Position by venue

One row per venue and report. Each row carries its own source's speculative category, named in the row, and its own unit. Rows are never summed and never converted into a common unit.

VenueReportCategoryNetChange, intervalNet % of OIPercentile, full spanUnitPosition date
CFTC (United States)Disaggregated, ALUMINUMManaged Money+362-3814.673contracts2026-06-09
CFTC (United States)Disaggregated, ALUMINUM MWPManaged Money-493+60-1.644contracts2026-10-20
London Metal ExchangeAluminium High GradeInvestment funds+91,809-25,36811.0-lots2020-12-24
LMEAluminium High GradeInvestment funds+123,350-1,57313.871lots2026-10-16

CFTC Disaggregated, ALUMINUM: managed money net as % of open interest

-15%+4%+23%0max +42%min -34%Dec 2022Jun 2026

Net as % of open interest, the measure comparable across the venue's own history. Category breaks and missing reports print as gaps.

CFTC Disaggregated, ALUMINUM MWP: managed money net as % of open interest

-5%+1%+6%0max +11%min -10%Oct 2015Oct 2026

Net as % of open interest, the measure comparable across the venue's own history. Category breaks and missing reports print as gaps.

London Metal Exchange, Aluminium High Grade: investment funds net as % of open interest

-1%+4%+8%0max +12%min -5%Feb 2018Dec 2020

Net as % of open interest, the measure comparable across the venue's own history. Category breaks and missing reports print as gaps.

LME, Aluminium High Grade: investment funds net, held reports only

21,39579,812138,2290max 196,647min -37,023Jan 2020Oct 2026

Net as % of open interest, the measure comparable across the venue's own history. Category breaks and missing reports print as gaps.

History by venue

The full held history for each venue, in the venue's own unit. Series longer than 280 reports print as yearly extremes over the full span plus the most recent 104 reports; shorter series print in full. Every table sorts and filters.

CFTC Disaggregated, ALUMINUM: full held history, Disaggregated categories, contracts

All 143 held reports

Order: Date, oldest first

2022-12-131,582-189-203+124+162-106+1067.8
2023-01-241,924+111-44-158+75-16+16-8.2
2023-01-312,001+107-220-86+120-79+79-4.3
2023-02-072,616+387-348-32-58-51+51-1.2
2023-02-142,646+415-457-57+22-77+77-2.2
2023-02-212,511+447-428-133+67-47+47-5.3
2023-02-282,505+470-468-233+70-161+161-9.3
2023-03-072,720+438-435-271+102-166+166-10.0
2023-03-142,552+423-552-243+100-272+272-9.5
2023-03-212,360+449-533-193+66-211+211-8.2
2023-03-282,854+602-544-158+43-57+57-5.5
2023-04-042,728+585-544-106+48-17+17-3.9
2023-04-112,906+641-544-140+66+23-23-4.8
2023-04-183,533+790-553-343+52-54+54-9.7
2023-04-253,430+1,027-550-421-108-52+52-12.3
2023-05-023,594+983-543-374-129-63+63-10.4
2023-05-093,469+715-307-358-113-63+63-10.3
2023-05-163,399+724-307-470-80-133+133-13.8
2023-05-233,374+703-173-601+8-63+63-17.8
2023-05-303,386+649-178-575+62-42+42-17.0
2023-06-063,825+629-174-681+101-125+125-17.8
2023-06-133,574+605-168-704+87-180+180-19.7
2023-06-203,748+659-155-744+82-158+158-19.9
2023-06-273,503+591-270-501+117-63+63-14.3
2023-07-033,139+253-205-298+108-142+142-9.5
2023-07-112,844+324-213-347+128-108+108-12.2
2023-07-182,778+228-197-293+69-193+193-10.5
2023-07-252,985+213-191-293+84-187+187-9.8
2023-08-013,045+148-151-228+41-190+190-7.5
2023-08-082,858+97-151-157+56-155+155-5.5
2023-08-152,821-21-151+58+40-74+742.1
2023-08-223,986-69-758+1,266-441-2+231.8
2023-08-293,515-367-695+1,465-468-65+6541.7
2023-09-054,116-286-613+1,168-374-105+10528.4
2023-09-123,059-328-603+1,200-357-88+8839.2
2023-09-193,123-283-573+1,180-384-60+6037.8
2023-09-263,469-23-577+1,150-449+101-10133.2
2023-10-033,850-146-756+1,212-249+61-6131.5
2023-10-104,104-42-866+1,279-256+115-11531.2
2023-10-174,500-180-637+1,247-399+31-3127.7
2023-10-244,908+115-704+1,039-448+2-221.2
2023-10-314,975+75-705+1,272-687-45+4525.6
2023-11-075,174-155-1,259+1,934-632-112+11237.4
2023-11-144,903+359-658+507-354-146+14610.3
2023-11-214,600+489-232-246-144-133+133-5.3
2023-11-284,249+578-366-412+118-82+82-9.7
2023-12-054,400+912-366-602+59+3-3-13.7
2023-12-124,113+707+186-938-23-68+68-22.8
2023-12-193,915+607+164-750-166-145+145-19.2
2023-12-264,248+711+289-729-393-122+122-17.2
2024-01-023,951+487+255-477-381-116+116-12.1
2024-01-093,216+220+335-320-372-137+137-10.0
2024-01-163,544+14+375-337-187-135+135-9.5
2024-01-233,495+102+392-415-234-155+155-11.9
2024-01-303,236+71+254-245-242-162+162-7.6
2024-02-062,909-75+226-46-174-69+69-1.6
2024-02-132,932-213+230+87-149-45+453.0
2024-02-203,161-348+230-17-88-223+223-0.5
2024-02-273,482-157+214-461+143-261+261-13.2
2024-03-053,363-345+147-58+6-250+250-1.7
2024-03-122,870-355+9+257-74-163+1639.0
2024-03-192,979-496+9+403-19-103+10313.5
2024-03-263,115-585-43+866-368-130+13027.8
2024-04-023,338-545+162+830-603-156+15624.9
2024-04-092,924-479+0+1,129-898-248+24838.6
2024-04-163,688-573+0+1,243-1,005-335+33533.7
2024-04-234,717-338+0+1,299-1,280-319+31927.5
2024-04-304,256-143+0+1,110-1,342-375+37526.1
2024-05-074,075-79-96+1,094-1,241-322+32226.8
2024-05-143,866-182-257+861-750-328+32822.3
2024-05-214,417-169-589+837-524-445+44518.9
2024-05-284,809-195-747+1,308-739-373+37327.2
2024-06-045,241-305-1,107+1,499-450-363+36328.6
2024-06-115,101-277-1,307+1,340-72-316+31626.3
2024-06-184,712-251-1,411+1,608-245-299+29934.1
2024-06-255,064-412-1,559+1,861-216-326+32636.7
2024-07-024,917-371-1,529+1,677-97-320+32034.1
2024-07-095,478-443-1,505+1,595+22-331+33129.1
2024-07-165,062-282-1,566+1,420+281-147+14728.1
2024-07-234,072+56-1,453+1,093+297-7+726.8
2024-07-304,278+246-1,517+665+621+15-1515.5
2024-08-063,830+237-1,051+848+18+52-5222.1
2024-08-133,623+425-1,031+688-111-29+2919.0
2024-08-203,406+558-953+338+89+32-329.9
2024-08-273,265+666-914+335-113-26+2610.3
2024-09-032,782+449-274+341-431+85-8512.3
2024-09-103,041+515-199+94-296+114-1143.1
2024-09-172,948+580-140-215-237-12+12-7.3
2024-09-243,056+553-45-69-465-26+26-2.3
2024-10-011,928+333+8-20-335-14+14-1.0
2024-10-081,703+151+144+111-461-55+556.5
2024-10-151,710+147+237+126-460+50-507.4
2024-10-221,585+104+286+118-542-34+347.4
2024-10-291,560+59+340+50-592-143+1433.2
2024-11-051,552-37+175+81-366-147+1475.2
2024-11-121,531-37+49-41-171-200+200-2.7
2024-11-191,447+20+53-80-187-194+194-5.5
2024-11-261,440-71+167-16-183-103+103-1.1
2024-12-031,409-155+200+66-247-136+1364.7
2024-12-101,394-369+157+51-67-228+2283.7
2024-12-311,431-279+298-57+2-36+36-4.0
2025-01-071,656-475+294-17+153-45+45-1.0
2025-01-141,637-635+319+41+144-131+1312.5
2025-01-211,675-831+237+138+200-256+2568.2
2025-01-281,622-808+183+212+163-250+25013.1
2025-02-111,598-578-222+296+233-271+27118.5
2025-02-181,896-469-401+369+341-160+16019.5
2025-02-252,062-365-624+393+438-158+15819.1
2025-03-041,822-182-525+260+304-143+14314.3
2025-03-112,143-144-490+346+119-169+16916.1
2025-03-182,102-147-362+236+20-253+25311.2
2025-03-252,212-118-301+12+137-270+2700.5
2025-04-012,249-47-173-205+271-154+154-9.1
2025-04-082,258+69-128-337+459+63-63-14.9
2025-04-152,010+88+40-485+332-25+25-24.1
2025-04-221,911+73+88-539+354-24+24-28.2
2025-04-291,870+57+52-416+248-59+59-22.2
2025-05-061,931+87+52-657+479-39+39-34.0
2025-05-131,858+73+116-534+364+19-19-28.7
2025-05-201,591+16+26-298+332+76-76-18.7
2025-05-271,653+10+26-391+404+49-49-23.7
2025-06-031,548-31+6-329+478+124-124-21.3
2025-06-101,410+0-79-243+469+147-147-17.2
2025-06-171,265+10-96-238+369+45-45-18.8
2025-06-241,122-17-96-38+193+42-42-3.4
2025-07-221,256+129-96+45-165-87+873.6
2025-07-291,181+53-96+39-67-71+713.3
2025-09-16949+38-112-200+166-108+108-21.1
2025-10-281,484-322-95+50+60-307+3073.4
2025-11-041,655-252-137+18+61-310+3101.1
2025-11-101,766-210-137+58+50-239+2393.3
2025-11-181,524-126-70-23+56-163+163-1.5
2025-11-251,534-121-70-73-33-297+297-4.8
2025-12-021,686-251-70+123-94-292+2927.3
2025-12-091,890-439-70+356-64-217+21718.8
2025-12-161,888-361-70+352-166-245+24518.6
2025-12-232,330-458-70+328-278-478+47814.1
2025-12-302,111-448-70+206-172-484+4849.8
2026-01-062,343-631-70+293-303-711+71112.5
2026-01-132,155-660-70+190-130-670+6708.8
2026-02-032,520-866-70+418+8-510+51016.6
2026-06-022,754-929+41+400-135-623+62314.5
2026-06-092,477-915+61+362-24-516+51614.6

CFTC Disaggregated, ALUMINUM MWP: full held history, Disaggregated categories, contracts

Yearly extremes, full held span

YearHighest netDate of highLowest netDate of lowFinal net of yearObservations
2015+1,0202015-12-08+3002015-10-06+1,02013
2016+2,9002016-05-24+2,0202016-03-08+2,53047
2017+3,5252017-04-25+8552017-12-05+85552
2018+1,2002018-01-23-4802018-07-03+12053
2019+2402019-01-08-2,1202019-04-30-12052
2020+3702020-02-04-1,6732020-07-28-1,45352
2021-6142021-08-03-1,4022021-01-05-91352
2022-3652022-12-06-8802022-01-18-36552
2023+02023-04-04-5342023-12-19-51952
2024-752024-01-16-2,4922024-03-12-2,21753
2025-742025-12-23-3,2062025-05-20-7452
2026+6372026-06-09-6142026-06-30-49342

Most recent 104 reports of 572

Order: Date, oldest first

2024-10-2927,851-11,986+8,738-2,251+5,441-58+58-8.1
2024-11-0525,710-11,374+8,161-2,237+5,383-67+67-8.7
2024-11-1225,880-11,350+8,282-2,237+5,218-87+87-8.6
2024-11-1927,767-11,948+8,805-2,237+5,333-47+47-8.1
2024-11-2629,271-12,001+8,815-2,237+5,393-30+30-7.6
2024-12-0327,233-11,259+8,171-2,107+5,040-155+155-7.7
2024-12-1027,831-11,580+8,644-2,107+4,820-223+223-7.6
2024-12-1728,742-11,927+9,313-2,217+4,702-129+129-7.7
2024-12-2429,026-11,779+9,225-2,217+4,702-69+69-7.6
2024-12-3129,116-11,869+9,315-2,217+4,702-69+69-7.6
2025-01-0728,198-10,169+7,328-1,326+4,228+61-61-4.7
2025-01-1430,337-11,123+7,776-966+4,344+31-31-3.2
2025-01-2131,460-11,026+8,060-1,206+4,204+32-32-3.8
2025-01-2831,782-10,983+7,991-1,171+4,194+31-31-3.7
2025-02-0430,836-10,948+7,192-382+4,183+45-45-1.2
2025-02-1131,435-10,438+7,275-1,454+4,613-4+4-4.6
2025-02-1832,909-9,897+7,170-1,644+4,448+77-77-5.0
2025-02-2534,417-9,841+7,380-1,769+4,313+83-83-5.1
2025-03-0432,732-9,010+7,405-1,949+3,753+199-199-6.0
2025-03-1133,424-9,132+7,346-1,844+3,833+203-203-5.5
2025-03-1833,232-9,789+7,973-2,341+4,269+112-112-7.0
2025-03-2534,803-9,965+8,449-2,497+4,335+322-322-7.2
2025-04-0135,680-9,431+8,672-2,992+4,295+544-544-8.4
2025-04-0833,230-9,773+8,737-2,596+4,064+432-432-7.8
2025-04-1532,829-8,325+7,699-2,816+3,874+432-432-8.6
2025-04-2233,551-8,445+7,959-2,816+3,494+192-192-8.4
2025-04-2935,037-7,822+8,296-2,936+2,654+192-192-8.4
2025-05-0630,829-8,672+8,830-2,816+2,787+129-129-9.1
2025-05-1331,436-8,742+8,776-3,056+3,151+129-129-9.7
2025-05-2031,698-8,619+8,568-3,206+3,426+169-169-10.1
2025-05-2731,731-8,629+8,489-3,206+3,521+175-175-10.1
2025-06-0328,382-9,093+8,589-2,554+3,309+251-251-9.0
2025-06-1029,137-9,036+8,676-2,548+3,127+219-219-8.7
2025-06-1729,504-9,066+8,636-2,663+3,301+208-208-9.0
2025-06-2429,742-9,047+8,633-2,663+3,316+239-239-9.0
2025-07-0130,205-9,478+8,855-2,427+3,136+86-86-8.0
2025-07-0826,976-9,009+8,931-1,722+1,993+193-193-6.4
2025-07-1527,068-9,500+9,192-1,565+2,053+180-180-5.8
2025-07-2229,338-10,228+9,909-1,553+2,043+171-171-5.3
2025-07-2929,850-10,613+10,307-1,553+2,019+160-160-5.2
2025-08-0527,706-10,551+10,421-1,332+1,584+122-122-4.8
2025-08-1228,442-11,222+10,247-1,272+2,363+116-116-4.5
2025-08-1928,823-10,977+10,005-1,131+2,233+130-130-3.9
2025-08-2628,999-10,964+10,050-1,041+2,095+140-140-3.6
2025-09-0229,432-10,988+10,035-936+2,010+121-121-3.2
2025-09-0925,440-10,668+9,495-408+1,657+76-76-1.6
2025-09-1625,476-10,669+9,517-408+1,657+97-97-1.6
2025-09-2325,579-9,767+9,172-258+1,002+149-149-1.0
2025-09-3025,584-9,099+8,853-336+742+160-160-1.3
2025-10-0722,681-7,448+7,843-336+221+280-280-1.5
2025-10-1424,342-7,019+7,731-346+74+440-440-1.4
2025-10-2125,545-6,433+8,264-417-976+438-438-1.6
2025-10-2827,921-6,358+7,934-450-586+540-540-1.6
2025-11-0426,743-5,446+7,741-300-1,468+527-527-1.1
2025-11-1027,243-5,338+7,778-285-1,678+477-477-1.0
2025-11-1827,717-5,156+7,662-276-1,857+373-373-1.0
2025-11-2528,211-5,181+7,750-243-1,869+457-457-0.9
2025-12-0225,161-4,047+6,572-209-1,898+418-418-0.8
2025-12-0926,272-3,717+6,449-164-2,197+371-371-0.6
2025-12-1626,833-3,095+5,821-124-2,213+389-389-0.5
2025-12-2327,209-3,087+5,749-74-2,290+298-298-0.3
2025-12-3027,224-3,057+5,746-74-2,317+298-298-0.3
2026-01-0624,118-1,722+4,741-113-2,569+337-337-0.5
2026-01-1325,022-1,380+4,843+1-3,320+144-1440.0
2026-01-2025,900-1,670+5,194+56-3,432+148-1480.2
2026-01-2727,078-2,152+5,696+71-3,645-30+300.3
2026-02-0324,926-3,383+6,429-36-2,877+133-133-0.1
2026-02-1026,332-2,964+6,245+9-3,189+101-1010.0
2026-02-1727,284-3,551+6,349+69-2,810+57-570.3
2026-02-2428,579-4,109+7,076+114-3,012+69-690.4
2026-03-0326,300-4,449+6,814+39-2,312+92-920.1
2026-03-1027,266-4,510+6,114+4-1,574+34-340.0
2026-03-1727,622-4,882+5,743+109-761+209-2090.4
2026-03-2428,991-4,945+5,921+109-814+271-2710.4
2026-03-3130,565-5,063+6,119+139-1,030+165-1650.5
2026-04-0727,723-5,367+5,345+179+104+261-2610.6
2026-04-1428,389-5,608+5,404+179+369+344-3440.6
2026-04-2129,099-5,984+5,902+179+229+326-3260.6
2026-04-2829,797-6,232+6,593+71-95+337-3370.2
2026-05-0527,012-6,046+6,076+217+140+387-3870.8
2026-05-1227,722-6,414+6,554+217+58+415-4150.8
2026-05-1928,060-6,073+5,906+322+178+333-3331.1
2026-05-2628,956-6,318+6,316+367-32+333-3331.3
2026-06-0225,398-6,258+5,703+622+188+255-2552.4
2026-06-0926,330-6,528+6,378+637-232+255-2552.4
2026-06-1628,264-8,127+8,271+37+28+209-2090.1
2026-06-2329,183-8,924+8,399-27+835+283-283-0.1
2026-06-3030,444-9,504+9,170-614+1,200+252-252-2.0
2026-07-0728,878-11,121+9,978-439+1,734+152-152-1.5
2026-07-1429,356-11,542+12,451-439-303+167-167-1.5
2026-07-2129,789-11,815+12,609-289-333+172-172-1.0
2026-07-2829,928-11,916+12,754-289-373+176-176-1.0
2026-08-0427,682-11,845+12,814-248-636+85-85-0.9
2026-08-1128,090-11,863+12,742-269-551+59-59-1.0
2026-08-1829,582-13,105+13,797-159-382+151-151-0.5
2026-08-2530,796-13,414+13,579-159+177+183-183-0.5
2026-09-0131,487-13,108+13,430-229+21+114-114-0.7
2026-09-0829,128-13,157+13,598-244-88+109-109-0.8
2026-09-1529,918-13,349+13,888-213-206+120-120-0.7
2026-09-2230,680-13,407+14,323-143-646+127-127-0.5
2026-09-2931,455-13,656+14,892-43-816+377-377-0.1
2026-10-0629,294-13,431+14,722-118-769+404-404-0.4
2026-10-1329,478-13,524+14,730-553-519+134-134-1.9
2026-10-2029,911-13,651+14,806-493-539+123-123-1.6

London Metal Exchange, Aluminium High Grade: full held history, lots

All 148 held reports

Order: Report date, oldest first

2018-02-0990,24838,929+51,3195.0
2018-02-1692,00644,458+47,5485.0
2018-02-2393,50845,428+48,0805.0
2018-03-0267,32437,296+30,0284.0
2018-03-0987,24745,400+41,8474.0
2018-03-1685,92248,863+37,0594.0
2018-03-2382,20948,412+33,7974.0
2018-03-2881,29451,743+29,5514.0
2018-04-0675,28151,983+23,2983.0
2018-04-1396,25348,372+47,8815.0
2018-04-20107,85548,225+59,6306.0
2018-04-2794,95947,620+47,3395.0
2018-05-0485,24445,908+39,3364.0
2018-05-11115,15249,837+65,3157.0
2018-05-18117,27644,884+72,3927.0
2018-05-25122,62947,311+75,3188.0
2018-06-01120,09047,595+72,4957.0
2018-06-08117,83342,879+74,9547.0
2018-06-15118,07042,310+75,7607.0
2018-06-22108,15439,045+69,1097.0
2018-06-29107,49640,623+66,8737.0
2018-07-06100,89939,579+61,3207.0
2018-07-1399,68543,558+56,1276.0
2018-07-2094,42347,588+46,8357.0
2018-07-2749,10218,266+30,8366.0
2018-08-0392,41753,508+38,9094.0
2018-08-1098,89759,010+39,8875.0
2018-08-1796,69761,932+34,7654.0
2018-08-2498,62163,305+35,3164.0
2018-08-3153,12927,936+25,1932.0
2018-09-0752,55433,324+19,2302.0
2018-09-1450,31332,078+18,2352.0
2018-09-2169,72340,287+29,4363.0
2018-09-2872,72645,565+27,1613.0
2018-10-0577,86041,122+36,7384.0
2018-10-1273,55142,710+30,8413.0
2018-10-1972,60046,816+25,7842.0
2018-10-2650,38249,569+8130.0
2018-11-0269,77253,787+15,9852.0
2018-11-0968,41758,641+9,7761.0
2018-11-1668,49167,866+6250.0
2018-11-2369,25666,436+2,8200.0
2018-11-3069,20469,192+120.0
2018-12-0768,43164,669+3,7620.0
2018-12-1463,85366,334-2,481-1.0
2018-12-2152,74063,370-10,630-1.0
2018-12-2861,30479,870-18,566-2.0
2019-01-0461,29076,140-14,850-2.0
2019-01-1160,15083,226-23,076-3.0
2019-01-1862,04089,206-27,166-3.0
2019-01-2560,22879,671-19,443-2.0
2019-02-0149,93352,821-2,8880.0
2019-02-0862,77178,596-15,825-2.0
2019-02-1562,54783,021-20,474-2.0
2019-02-2264,64983,480-18,831-1.0
2019-03-0165,35482,447-17,093-1.0
2019-03-0865,18387,525-22,342-3.0
2019-03-1567,11387,557-20,444-2.0
2019-03-2265,49182,056-16,565-2.0
2019-03-2966,05882,946-16,888-2.0
2019-04-0566,34785,047-18,700-2.0
2019-04-1272,17294,331-22,159-2.0
2019-04-1775,21299,129-23,917-2.0
2019-04-1878,035101,342-23,307-3.0
2019-04-2680,490107,293-26,803-3.0
2019-05-0372,12993,534-21,405-4.0
2019-05-1080,451125,774-45,323-4.0
2019-06-2168,920107,849-38,929-4.0
2019-06-2869,251104,947-35,696-3.0
2019-07-0566,065105,645-39,580-4.0
2019-07-1266,32797,914-31,587-3.0
2019-07-1962,90492,319-29,415-3.0
2019-07-2662,50292,904-30,402-3.0
2019-08-0262,36497,928-35,564-3.0
2019-08-0960,665102,475-41,810-5.0
2019-08-1659,132100,807-41,675-4.0
2019-08-2346,77069,364-22,594-5.0
2019-08-3059,316104,933-45,617-5.0
2019-09-0658,40998,887-40,478-4.0
2019-09-1339,39274,771-35,379-4.0
2019-09-2059,47584,002-24,527-3.0
2019-09-2760,52092,093-31,573-3.0
2019-10-0456,42098,865-42,445-4.0
2019-10-1157,435100,678-43,243-4.0
2019-10-1859,54399,797-40,254-4.0
2019-10-2560,82099,170-38,350-4.0
2019-11-0161,82291,407-29,585-3.0
2019-11-0863,33778,828-15,491-2.0
2019-11-1559,57984,115-24,536-2.0
2019-11-2957,50287,620-30,118-3.0
2019-12-0654,93289,284-34,352-3.0
2019-12-1356,38288,022-31,640-3.0
2019-12-2060,76886,188-25,420-2.0
2019-12-2764,32781,875-17,548-2.0
2020-01-0366,30578,424-12,119-1.0
2020-01-1066,39183,305-16,914-2.0
2020-01-1769,36481,498-12,134-1.0
2020-01-2470,27279,337-9,065-1.0
2020-01-3166,14296,894-30,752-3.0
2020-02-0764,28699,130-34,844-4.0
2020-02-1464,394100,384-35,990-4.0
2020-02-2163,15999,744-36,585-4.0
2020-02-2863,983101,006-37,023-4.0
2020-03-0660,92497,221-36,297-3.0
2020-03-1354,08386,046-31,963-3.0
2020-03-2047,01279,572-32,560-3.0
2020-03-2743,62478,032-34,408-4.0
2020-04-0343,08879,464-36,376-3.0
2020-04-0844,99379,176-34,183-3.0
2020-04-0944,96779,168-34,201-3.0
2020-04-1745,94880,201-34,253-3.0
2020-04-2447,54877,368-29,820-3.0
2020-05-0150,26382,051-31,788-2.0
2020-05-0752,18384,775-32,592-3.0
2020-05-1551,55387,456-35,903-2.0
2020-05-2254,97084,614-29,644-2.0
2020-05-2954,45678,538-24,082-2.0
2020-06-0551,91570,369-18,454-1.0
2020-06-1251,97466,536-14,562-1.0
2020-06-1949,94763,781-13,834-1.0
2020-06-2649,45661,649-12,193-1.0
2020-07-0350,96655,606-4,6400.0
2020-07-1055,92348,833+7,0900.0
2020-07-1757,53245,327+12,2051.0
2020-07-2458,94444,250+14,6941.0
2020-07-3161,04442,122+18,9222.0
2020-08-0762,02533,432+28,5932.0
2020-08-1462,37025,956+36,4143.0
2020-08-2167,45025,699+41,7514.0
2020-08-2853,70722,730+30,9774.0
2020-09-0473,60823,162+50,4465.0
2020-09-1175,56824,106+51,4625.0
2020-09-1878,01620,169+57,8476.0
2020-09-2582,32026,256+56,0645.0
2020-10-0288,21427,460+60,7547.0
2020-10-0995,43925,792+69,6477.0
2020-10-16112,41223,571+88,8418.0
2020-10-23112,37723,870+88,5079.0
2020-10-30113,54325,715+87,8289.0
2020-11-06120,26127,247+93,0149.0
2020-11-13125,88528,371+97,5149.0
2020-11-20135,06827,760+107,30811.0
2020-11-27140,88126,602+114,27911.0
2020-12-04138,40821,975+116,43311.0
2020-12-11138,40720,970+117,43711.0
2020-12-18140,73222,061+118,67112.0
2020-12-23138,29021,113+117,17712.0
2020-12-24106,83815,029+91,80911.0

LME, Aluminium High Grade: all held reports, lots

All 76 held reports

Order: Report date, oldest first

2020-01-0366,30578,424-12,119998,652-1.2
2020-01-1066,39183,305-16,9141,000,677-1.7
2020-01-1769,36481,499-12,134977,732-1.2
2020-01-2470,27279,337-9,0651,012,959-0.9
2020-02-0764,28799,131-34,8441,089,515-3.2
2020-02-1464,395100,384-35,9901,113,894-3.2
2020-02-2163,16099,744-36,5841,078,005-3.4
2020-02-2863,983101,006-37,0231,084,858-3.4
2020-03-0660,92597,222-36,2971,084,430-3.3
2020-03-1354,08386,046-31,9631,062,688-3.0
2020-03-2047,01279,573-32,5611,074,379-3.0
2020-03-2743,62578,032-34,4081,107,251-3.1
2020-04-0343,08979,464-36,3761,154,421-3.2
2020-04-0944,96779,168-34,2011,155,388-3.0
2020-04-1745,94980,202-34,2531,146,112-3.0
2020-04-2447,54977,368-29,8191,194,372-2.5
2020-05-0150,26482,052-31,7881,225,673-2.6
2020-05-0752,18484,775-32,5921,209,210-2.7
2020-05-1551,55487,457-35,9031,269,673-2.8
2020-05-2254,97184,615-29,6441,224,895-2.4
2020-05-2954,45678,539-24,0831,255,850-1.9
2020-06-0551,91670,369-18,4531,225,406-1.5
2020-06-1251,97466,536-14,5621,231,892-1.2
2020-06-1949,94863,781-13,8341,164,947-1.2
2020-06-2649,45761,649-12,1931,110,088-1.1
2020-07-0350,96655,606-4,6401,139,592-0.4
2020-07-1055,92448,834+7,0901,149,8570.6
2020-07-1757,53245,328+12,2051,108,4061.1
2020-07-2458,94544,250+14,6951,106,8541.3
2020-07-3161,04442,123+18,9211,107,4941.7
2020-08-0762,02533,433+28,5921,089,0462.6
2020-08-1462,37125,956+36,4151,097,4353.3
2020-08-2167,45025,700+41,7511,067,8573.9
2020-09-0473,60923,162+50,4471,041,1674.8
2020-09-1175,56924,107+51,4621,070,7554.8
2020-09-1878,01620,170+57,8461,035,8935.6
2020-09-2582,32026,257+56,0641,041,4435.4
2020-10-0288,21427,461+60,754978,1336.2
2020-10-0995,43925,792+69,6471,048,3766.6
2020-10-16112,41223,571+88,8411,058,3228.4
2020-10-23112,37823,870+88,5071,020,3648.7
2020-10-30113,54325,715+87,8281,016,0368.6
2020-11-06120,26127,247+93,0141,035,0479.0
2020-11-13125,88528,372+97,5131,053,9629.3
2020-11-20135,06927,760+107,3081,027,13810.4
2020-11-27140,88226,602+114,2791,031,15911.1
2020-12-04138,40921,976+116,4331,014,15311.5
2020-12-11138,40720,971+117,4371,033,29111.4
2020-12-18140,73222,062+118,671989,82412.0
2020-12-24139,76921,281+118,488983,66812.0
2020-12-31139,30221,137+118,165984,21612.0
2021-01-08140,42422,167+118,257987,20212.0
2021-01-15139,10725,257+113,850996,73911.4
2026-05-15234,62253,740+180,8821,058,00517.1
2026-05-22260,21063,564+196,6471,115,31117.6
2026-05-29246,74858,799+187,9491,087,71817.3
2026-06-05230,91248,356+182,5561,028,14117.8
2026-06-12207,62840,692+166,9361,010,06316.5
2026-06-19205,29941,961+163,338958,51717.0
2026-06-26186,25540,724+145,531972,88715.0
2026-07-03173,75943,004+130,755925,82514.1
2026-07-10170,28339,277+131,006944,53413.9
2026-07-17172,23441,275+130,958912,91314.3
2026-07-24181,32552,204+129,121928,75613.9
2026-07-31180,51650,697+129,819922,20314.1
2026-08-07187,54946,593+140,956925,17215.2
2026-08-14192,87450,744+142,130957,58414.8
2026-08-21188,97746,541+142,436940,54215.1
2026-08-28190,28441,338+148,946934,06915.9
2026-09-04186,24836,168+150,080915,26116.4
2026-09-11186,02538,424+147,601916,85416.1
2026-09-18191,48347,425+144,059893,73116.1
2026-09-25195,19048,780+146,410893,80416.4
2026-10-02182,22751,993+130,234904,77814.4
2026-10-09171,02646,102+124,924896,08913.9
2026-10-16165,72642,376+123,350892,83613.8

Sampled series: 76 of 359 Fridays in span are held (21 percent). Missing Fridays are missing at the source listing and are never filled.

Extremes, by venue

Venue and marketSpeculative netPercentile, full spanPercentile 1YBandPercentile 3YZ-score 52WHighest net, full spanDate of highLowest net, full spanDate of lowHeld spanChange, 4 intervalsChange, 13 intervals
CFTC, ALUMINUM+3627392731.28 (52 obs)+1,9342023-11-07-9382023-12-122022-12-13 to 2026-06-09 (143 obs)+69+344
CFTC, ALUMINUM MWP-49344657-1.63 (52 obs)+3,5252017-04-25-3,2062025-05-202015-10-06 to 2026-10-20 (572 obs)-350-204
London Metal Exchange, Aluminium High Grade+91,8099585951.30 (52 obs)+118,6712020-12-18-45,6172019-08-302018-02-09 to 2020-12-24 (148 obs)-24,624+31,055
LME, Aluminium High Grade+123,3507158-0.37 (52 obs)+196,6472026-05-22-37,0232020-02-282020-01-03 to 2026-10-16 (76 obs)-20,708-7,608

Percentiles and extremes are computed over the full held span printed in the Held span column, per the 2026-10-28 redesign. The 1Y and 3Y windows and the 52-week z-score print alongside for continuity. Windows are weekly reports for the CFTC, ICE, ESMA and LME rows; the LME windows count held reports only, because that series is sampled.

Bank block, CMX ALUMINUM MWP

Report month2026-10
US bank net, contracts+10,380
US bank net, month change+1,182
Non-US bank net, contracts+6,500
Non-US bank net, month change+619
All-bank net, contracts+16,880
Agreement stateAgree long
Agreement states, last 12 monthsAgree long: 12
US banks reporting4
Non-US banks reporting8

Full held history, CMX ALUMINUM MWP, monthly

Order: Month, oldest first

2022-03+4,749+1,121+5,870Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2022-08+6,900+1,409+8,309Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2022-09+6,512+2,941+9,453Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2022-10+6,469+3,343+9,812Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2022-11+7,275+3,487+10,762Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2022-12+7,113+3,179+10,292Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2023-01+8,088+3,179+11,267Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2023-02+7,961+3,353+11,314Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2023-03+8,078+3,252+11,330Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2023-04+8,851+3,310+12,161Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2023-05+8,225+3,298+11,523Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2023-06+8,378+3,107+11,485Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2023-07+8,496+3,010+11,506Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2023-08+9,069+3,164+12,233Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2023-09+8,287+2,539+10,826Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2023-10+7,778+3,634+11,412Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2023-11+9,300+3,504+12,804Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2023-12+8,201+3,159+11,360Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2024-01+8,535+3,433+11,968Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2024-02+8,572+3,024+11,596Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2024-03+8,622+3,221+11,843Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2024-04+7,498+2,794+10,292Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2024-05+6,859+2,445+9,304Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2024-06+5,746+2,157+7,903Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2024-07+5,329+1,938+7,267Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2024-08+4,904+2,371+7,275Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2024-09+5,683+2,818+8,501Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2024-10+5,652+3,704+9,356Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2024-11+6,282+3,529+9,811Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2024-12+6,553+3,785+10,338Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2025-01+7,767+3,415+11,182Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2025-02+8,566+3,358+11,924Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2025-03+8,358+3,218+11,576Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2025-04+10,088+3,216+13,304Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2025-05+9,756+3,067+12,823Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2025-06+9,109+2,887+11,996Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2025-07+9,532+2,970+12,502Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2025-08+10,229+2,581+12,810Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2025-09+10,139+3,015+13,154Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2025-10+8,510+2,043+10,553Agree long46
2025-11+9,636+2,361+11,997Agree long47
2025-12+8,622+2,191+10,813Agree long47
2026-01+6,812+1,302+8,114Agree long46
2026-02+8,395+1,519+9,914Agree long47
2026-03+8,868+1,694+10,562Agree long47
2026-04+8,559+1,904+10,463Agree long48
2026-05+8,011+2,595+10,606Agree long48
2026-06+6,608+4,305+10,913Agree long48
2026-07+8,266+5,890+14,156Agree long48
2026-08+8,419+5,734+14,153Agree long48
2026-09+9,198+5,881+15,079Agree long48
2026-10+10,380+6,500+16,880Agree long48

Bank block, CMX ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS

Report month2020-12
US bank net, contracts+4,104
US bank net, month change-181
Non-US bank net, contracts+3,978
Non-US bank net, month change+157
All-bank net, contracts+8,082
Agreement stateAgree long
Agreement states, last 12 monthsAgree long: 12
US banks reportingsuppressed
Non-US banks reportingsuppressed

Full held history, CMX ALUMINUM MW US TR PLATTS, monthly

Order: Month, oldest first

2019-04+1,949+581+2,530Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2019-05+2,007+676+2,683Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2019-06+1,898+543+2,441Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2019-07+1,715+540+2,255Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2019-12+2,548+3,304+5,852Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-01+2,933+3,449+6,382Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-02+3,037+3,888+6,925Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-03+3,225+3,494+6,719Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-04+3,953+3,518+7,471Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-05+3,751+5,915+9,666Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-06+3,671+5,710+9,381Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-07+4,112+5,305+9,417Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-08+4,117+4,905+9,022Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-09+4,093+5,954+10,047Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-10+4,115+5,983+10,098Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-11+4,285+3,821+8,106Agree longsuppressedsuppressed
2020-12+4,104+3,978+8,082Agree longsuppressedsuppressed

Bank positions are facilitation and hedge books reported on Form 40, not proprietary views. A bank count under four is suppressed by the CFTC and prints as suppressed, never zero.

China member rankings

SHFE (Shanghai) member rankings, Aluminium (AL)

Not yet held: the SHFE harvest is in progress and no tidy dataset has landed. This block fills automatically when the dataset is built.

In this section

Commodities, Metals
Commodities by sector
Positioning

Coverage and method

The CFTC aluminium lines are premium contracts and a thin flagship; the LME high-grade line is the European centre. The Shanghai leg joins when the SHFE dataset lands.

Sector: Metals, Base metals. Units print per row and are never converted. Category definitions are each source's own. Pages render the current corrected vintage of each source; first-release vintages are not kept. An extreme reading is a condition of crowding, not a buy or sell signal.