# STEEL-HRC — Commitments of Traders

Latest report: 2026-10-13
Market: STEEL-HRC - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC.
Commodity group: NATURAL RESOURCES

## Latest positions (2026-10-13)

- Open interest: 46,916 contracts
- Speculator long: 11,853 (25.3% of OI)
- Speculator short: 1,856 (4.0% of OI)
- Speculator NET: +9,997
- Commercial long: 30,595 (65.2% of OI)
- Commercial short: 40,939 (87.3% of OI)
- Commercial NET: -10,344
- Total traders: 72

## Week-over-week change

- Change in open interest: +808
- Change in speculator long: +95
- Change in speculator short: +262
- Change in commercial long: +714
- Change in commercial short: +532

## 52-week history (most recent first)

| Week | Open Interest | Spec Long | Spec Short | Comm Long | Comm Short |
|------|--------------:|----------:|-----------:|----------:|-----------:|
| 2026-10-13 | 46,916 | 11,853 | 1,856 | 30,595 | 40,939 |
| 2026-10-06 | 46,108 | 11,758 | 1,593 | 29,880 | 40,407 |
| 2026-09-29 | 51,969 | 12,896 | 1,952 | 34,114 | 45,387 |
| 2026-09-22 | 51,484 | 12,785 | 2,269 | 33,340 | 44,693 |
| 2026-09-15 | 48,367 | 12,503 | 1,348 | 31,244 | 42,925 |
| 2026-09-08 | 44,902 | 12,169 | 1,352 | 28,954 | 40,205 |
| 2026-09-01 | 43,607 | 11,490 | 1,991 | 28,303 | 38,199 |
| 2026-08-25 | 48,666 | 12,603 | 2,867 | 32,435 | 42,498 |
| 2026-08-18 | 47,747 | 13,478 | 1,878 | 30,894 | 42,859 |
| 2026-08-11 | 45,786 | 12,949 | 2,413 | 28,930 | 39,747 |
| 2026-08-04 | 44,015 | 12,162 | 2,298 | 27,669 | 37,768 |
| 2026-07-28 | 48,093 | 14,506 | 3,007 | 29,515 | 41,278 |
| 2026-07-21 | 45,506 | 13,647 | 2,918 | 28,270 | 39,198 |
| 2026-07-14 | 43,992 | 12,787 | 2,904 | 27,621 | 37,676 |
| 2026-07-07 | 43,556 | 12,712 | 2,961 | 27,254 | 37,175 |
| 2026-06-30 | 42,468 | 12,668 | 2,620 | 26,450 | 36,599 |
| 2026-06-23 | 50,076 | 16,105 | 2,362 | 30,801 | 44,918 |
| 2026-06-16 | 47,641 | 16,163 | 2,214 | 29,126 | 43,478 |
| 2026-06-09 | 45,608 | 15,462 | 1,850 | 27,773 | 41,805 |
| 2026-06-02 | 42,336 | 14,074 | 1,659 | 25,817 | 38,899 |
| 2026-05-26 | 47,153 | 15,256 | 1,883 | 29,929 | 43,732 |
| 2026-05-19 | 44,599 | 14,527 | 1,640 | 27,918 | 41,209 |
| 2026-05-12 | 43,723 | 14,503 | 1,527 | 27,345 | 40,689 |
| 2026-05-05 | 42,418 | 14,146 | 1,299 | 26,432 | 39,693 |
| 2026-04-28 | 47,339 | 14,595 | 952 | 30,419 | 44,385 |
| 2026-04-21 | 45,352 | 14,380 | 685 | 28,928 | 43,057 |
| 2026-04-14 | 42,256 | 13,764 | 778 | 26,535 | 39,936 |
| 2026-04-07 | 39,092 | 13,405 | 765 | 23,719 | 36,748 |
| 2026-03-31 | 37,887 | 13,105 | 953 | 22,818 | 35,364 |
| 2026-03-24 | 45,494 | 17,257 | 1,307 | 26,074 | 42,501 |
| 2026-03-17 | 44,159 | 16,473 | 1,154 | 25,656 | 41,415 |
| 2026-03-10 | 41,943 | 15,522 | 1,360 | 24,661 | 39,192 |
| 2026-03-03 | 38,901 | 14,571 | 2,034 | 22,668 | 35,621 |
| 2026-02-24 | 41,240 | 15,912 | 2,727 | 23,673 | 37,272 |
| 2026-02-17 | 39,347 | 15,931 | 2,688 | 21,944 | 35,536 |
| 2026-02-10 | 37,457 | 15,340 | 2,459 | 20,499 | 33,865 |
| 2026-02-03 | 36,738 | 15,408 | 2,425 | 19,817 | 33,281 |
| 2026-01-27 | 41,926 | 16,700 | 2,576 | 23,608 | 38,147 |
| 2026-01-20 | 40,598 | 15,986 | 2,630 | 23,067 | 36,842 |
| 2026-01-13 | 38,507 | 15,062 | 2,440 | 21,851 | 34,833 |
| 2026-01-06 | 34,405 | 13,511 | 2,577 | 19,314 | 30,578 |
| 2025-12-30 | 40,090 | 14,130 | 2,824 | 23,526 | 35,019 |
| 2025-12-23 | 37,726 | 13,442 | 2,270 | 21,801 | 33,186 |
| 2025-12-16 | 35,101 | 12,577 | 2,333 | 20,045 | 30,454 |
| 2025-12-09 | 31,451 | 11,377 | 2,256 | 17,518 | 26,805 |
| 2025-12-02 | 29,481 | 9,406 | 2,424 | 17,376 | 24,537 |
| 2025-11-25 | 34,135 | 10,211 | 3,394 | 21,176 | 28,186 |
| 2025-11-18 | 32,290 | 9,686 | 2,875 | 20,238 | 27,235 |
| 2025-11-10 | 28,388 | 8,396 | 2,807 | 18,031 | 23,645 |
| 2025-11-04 | 28,012 | 8,318 | 3,014 | 17,793 | 23,133 |
| 2025-10-28 | 31,079 | 9,501 | 4,769 | 19,714 | 24,441 |
| 2025-10-21 | 26,667 | 6,615 | 4,089 | 18,420 | 21,127 |

## Source

- CFTC Public Reports: https://publicreporting.cftc.gov/Public-Reports/Commitments-of-Traders-Public-Reporting-API/jun7-fc8e