Lead LME COTR
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
LME positioning in Lead: investment funds net -33,466 lots, positions as of Fri 16 Oct 2026.
Data as of Positions as of Fri 16 Oct 2026; published Tue 20 Oct 2026
Positions as of Fri 16 Oct 2026 - published Tue 20 Oct 2026 (generated T+2)
| Metal | Lead |
| Coverage | 3 Jan 2020 to 2026-10-16 |
| Reports in dataset | 78 |
| Open interest, lots (sum of category longs) | 271,027 |
| Category | Long, lots | Short, lots | Net, lots | Week change | Long % of OI | Short % of OI | Persons |
|---|
| Investment firms | 171,911 | 135,278 | +36,633 | +356 | 63.4 | 49.9 | 42 |
| Investment funds | 33,791 | 67,257 | -33,466 | -1,446 | 12.5 | 24.8 | 242 |
| Other financial institutions | 7,799 | 13,874 | -6,076 | +691 | 2.9 | 5.1 | 27 |
| Commercial undertakings | 57,526 | 54,899 | +2,627 | -397 | 21.2 | 20.2 | 33 |
| ETS operators | 0 | 0 | +0 | +0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | suppressed |
Investment funds net against its history
| Net, lots | -33,466 |
| Week change | -1,446 |
| 4-week change | -8,316 |
| 13-week change | -12,490 |
| Percentile, 1 year | 4 |
| Percentile, 3 years | - |
| Z-score, 52 weeks | -2.11 |
Recent reports, net by category
| Report date | Open interest | Investment firms | Investment funds | Other financial institutions | Commercial undertakings | ETS operators |
|---|
| Fri 16 Oct 2026 | 271,027 | +36,633 | -33,466 | -6,076 | +2,627 | +0 |
| Fri 9 Oct 2026 | 268,472 | +36,277 | -32,020 | -6,767 | +3,024 | +0 |
| Fri 2 Oct 2026 | 270,354 | +37,217 | -33,593 | -7,047 | +3,401 | +0 |
| Fri 25 Sep 2026 | 267,062 | +37,353 | -21,955 | -6,969 | -8,421 | +0 |
| Fri 18 Sep 2026 | 266,316 | +35,230 | -25,150 | -9,827 | -253 | +0 |
| Fri 11 Sep 2026 | 247,723 | +32,200 | -25,792 | -6,700 | +277 | +0 |
| Fri 4 Sep 2026 | 238,497 | +31,322 | -24,176 | -6,597 | -556 | +0 |
| Fri 28 Aug 2026 | 243,909 | +29,089 | -24,433 | -6,299 | +1,583 | +0 |
| Fri 21 Aug 2026 | 240,733 | +29,445 | -23,717 | -7,268 | +1,488 | +0 |
| Fri 14 Aug 2026 | 261,272 | +28,332 | -20,418 | -7,127 | -600 | +0 |
Longs and shorts may not sum exactly: the source notes overnight clearing suspensions and delta hedge equivalents. A metal with no open positions produces no report; a missing week is not a zero.
Source: LME Commitments of Traders report for Lead. Positions as of Fri 16 Oct 2026.