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CFTC COT Copper (COMEX) open interest: 301,657 contracts (2026-09-22) +4.2%

CFTC Commitments of Traders - Legacy Futures Only (Socrata API) Authoritative source Published 22nd September 2026 United States

What the source reported

Source-reported

CFTC COT Copper (COMEX) open interest: 301,657 contracts for 2026-09-22. Previous (2026-09-15): 289,463 contracts, change +4.2%. Geography: United States. Non-commercial long 129398, short 38876, spreading 59949 (weekly change: long 12233, short -3155). Commercial long 92911, short 193346 (weekly change: long -6723, short 9325). Market as named by CFTC: COPPER- #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Positions as of Tuesday 2026-09-22 (CFTC Legacy futures-only report).

Publication
CFTC Commitments of Traders - Legacy Futures Only (Socrata API) · Government/Regulator
Published
22nd September 2026
Original report
cftc.gov

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What ProcIntel recorded

ProcIntel-derived
Category
Commodities & Input Costs
Geography
United States
Organisations
None identified
Collected
28th September 2026 · 20:20

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 2 · Moderate
Confidence 3 · Moderate

Initial Significance Moderate (22.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (51.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (40.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

Strongest contributor
Procurement Impact
Limiting factor
Likely Event Severity