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Commitments of Traders · Disaggregated, futures only

What positions do traders hold in PALLADIUM futures?

In PALLADIUM futures, managed money held a net short position of 11,994 contracts and open interest was 24,916 contracts on (CFTC Commitments of Traders, released ).

Net positions in PALLADIUM futures each week: managed money, producers, merchants, processors and users, swap dealers, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Net is long less short, ours; contracts

Net positions in PALLADIUM futures each week: managed money, producers, merchants, processors and users, swap dealers, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Net positions in PALLADIUM futures each week: managed money, producers, merchants, processors and users, swap dealers, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

The lines

  • Managed money−11,994
  • Producers, merchants, processors and users+1,613
  • Swap dealers+6,510

Open interest in PALLADIUM futures each week, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Contracts

Open interest in PALLADIUM futures each week, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Open interest in PALLADIUM futures each week, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

Each point is one week of PALLADIUM futures from the CFTC's Disaggregated report (futures only): the net position, long contracts less short contracts, of one group of traders, or all open contracts. The chart shows up to the newest ten years. Pointing at the chart shows the week and the value.

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The latest week of PALLADIUM futures beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year and five years earlier. The weeks of the last two years and every group's long and short are in the tables under "The numbers behind the chart".

MeasureLatestThe week beforeA year earlierFive years earlier
Week
Open interest24,91623,17321,6739,061
Managed money, net−11,994−10,699−1,839−2,162
Producers, merchants, processors and users, net+1,613+918−3,396−491
Swap dealers, net+6,510+6,177+2,931+2,846

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Observed .

Right now

Managed money held a net short position of 11,994 contracts in PALLADIUM futures in the week to , the largest net short since the week of .

The producers, merchants, processors and users were net long 1,613 contracts that week, and swap dealers net long 6,510 contracts.

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Open interestPALLADIUM, week of 20 October 2026

Open interest was 24,916 contracts in the week to , the most since the week of .

+1,743 contracts from the week before, held by 200 reporting traders.

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RecordsOurs, since the week of 13 June 2006

Open interest was highest at 45,440 contracts in the week of .

Managed money held their largest net long, 27,531 contracts, in the week of , and their largest net short, 16,283 contracts, in the week of .

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The other groupsNet, and the last week larger

Producers, merchants, processors and users: net long 1,613 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

Swap dealers: net long 6,510 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

Other reportable traders: net long 2,861 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

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Understanding the futures positions report

Where it stands today

Managed money were net short 11,994 contracts in PALLADIUM futures in the week of 20 October 2026.

Who are the groups in the report?

The CFTC's Disaggregated report, one of its Commitments of Traders reports, gives the positions held in each commodity futures market on a Tuesday, sorted by kind of trader: managed money, producers, merchants, processors and users, swap dealers, other reportable traders and traders below the reporting level.

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A position is a number of contracts, long or short; swap dealers, managed money and other reportables also report spread positions, which hold both. The CFTC assigns each reporting trader to a group from the business the trader reports. This page uses the report's futures-only figures, which leave out options. The report gives the contract size of PALLADIUM futures as (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES), and the market as PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE.

What 500metrics adds: net positions (long less short, which leave out spread positions), the change from the week before, the records since the week of 13 June 2006, and the last week a group's net position was larger on the same side.

The numbers behind the chart

How were the PALLADIUM positions split between long and short?Week of 20 October 2026, contracts
Long, short and spread positions of each group in PALLADIUM futures (PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE), week of 20 October 2026 (contracts; net is ours)
GroupLongShortSpreadNet
Managed money5,44017,434778−11,994
Producers, merchants, processors and users2,7641,151n/a+1,613
Swap dealers8,6192,10978+6,510
Other reportable traders4,1311,270319+2,861
Nonreportable (below the reporting level)2,7871,777n/a+1,010

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What were the net positions in PALLADIUM futures each week?104 weeks, newest first, since 29 October 2024
Open interest and net positions in PALLADIUM futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours)
WeekOpen interestManaged money, netProducers, merchants, processors and users, netSwap dealers, netOther reportable traders, net
24,916−11,994+1,613+6,510+2,861
23,173−10,699+918+6,177+2,621
21,060−9,385+182+5,606+2,368
18,602−7,962−97+4,794+2,137
16,730−6,006−669+3,900+1,473
16,707−5,688−655+3,733+1,538
16,773−4,339−437+3,269+627
16,497−4,619−263+3,576+314
17,496−5,499−423+4,158+675
18,366−5,317−236+3,834+919
18,194−4,947−183+3,558+1,031
18,574−5,458+102+3,716+1,123
18,699−6,173+632+3,782+1,406
18,440−6,617+775+3,926+1,614
18,578−6,227+597+3,819+1,338
17,854−6,381+509+3,652+1,723
17,847−5,969+387+3,236+1,645
17,149−4,724+37+2,631+1,468
17,011−4,319−634+2,776+1,516
17,455−4,460−586+2,822+1,496
16,284−3,491−999+2,294+1,485
16,692−3,772−808+2,867+882
17,259−2,733−823+2,386+236
17,419−1,948−1,063+1,749+33
15,985−1,938−882+1,657+462
15,794−2,336−892+1,410+872
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WeekOpen interestManaged money, netProducers, merchants, processors and users, netSwap dealers, netOther reportable traders, net
14,921−1,786−1,611+1,641+801
14,648−1,808−1,723+1,893+755
15,187−2,541−1,250+1,625+1,148
15,220−2,012−1,579+1,570+962
15,069−1,512−1,492+1,477+270
15,556−98−2,700+1,317−87
15,679+348−3,046+1,639−504
16,093+637−3,141+1,510−476
16,423+1,084−3,324+1,566−420
16,789+533−2,666+1,032−41
16,538+522−2,697+992−9
17,304+451−3,162+855+682
19,123−543−3,479+639+1,227
19,167−255−3,417+655+1,143
19,483−16−3,284+394+1,241
19,349+80−3,745+1,404+499
20,593−1,071−3,685+2,139+500
22,709−583−4,007+2,376+705
22,061+293−3,921+1,581+685
20,773−19−3,307+1,587+1
19,913−714−3,078+1,587+516
19,054−1,075−2,980+1,703+578
21,274−1,275−3,357+1,999+712
20,626−803−3,292+2,399−78
19,711−1,061−3,207+2,587+158
19,580−1,388−3,205+2,895−36
19,487−1,292−3,158+2,528+330
21,673−1,839−3,396+2,931+826
22,771−4,063−2,905+3,731+1,170
21,678−4,372−2,536+3,694+1,287
20,282−5,176−2,293+4,032+1,336
19,860−5,191−2,077+4,217+1,179
19,480−5,966−1,704+3,667+2,224
18,624−6,398−1,636+3,742+2,350
18,920−6,614−1,491+3,314+2,473
20,510−5,855−1,583+3,262+2,121
20,191−4,896−1,855+3,413+1,400
19,043−2,677−2,337+3,038+342
20,417−2,039−2,865+3,371+186
20,819−2,617−2,611+3,563+317
19,867−3,002−2,772+5,174−579
20,732−5,233−2,051+5,236+499
20,751−5,065−2,221+5,120+582
19,623−4,603−2,230+5,589+95
19,464−5,323−1,889+5,901+75
19,373−5,547−1,524+6,094−261
18,110−7,789−741+7,243+496
18,469−8,171−377+7,077+645
20,078−9,169−223+7,845+817
21,045−12,562+451+9,208+2,101
21,543−12,383+395+9,117+2,392
20,790−13,744+948+9,053+2,826
20,459−13,558+724+9,189+2,715
20,924−13,098+636+9,002+3,090
22,372−13,561+825+9,024+2,833
19,975−9,661−628+7,664+1,797
20,537−11,482−251+7,671+3,173
19,999−11,682−145+7,510+3,183
20,172−11,847−197+7,723+3,331
19,942−11,450+36+7,537+2,931
18,860−10,160−280+6,900+2,026
20,311−7,133−1,333+5,991+1,502
20,106−8,079−1,030+6,673+1,505
17,168−6,905−926+6,432+781
17,033−8,578−251+6,721+1,494
19,039−10,889+202+7,124+2,853
20,339−11,758+125+7,381+3,428
21,240−12,684+424+7,677+3,570
19,829−11,435+458+7,382+2,764
18,504−10,342+39+7,132+2,253
16,822−8,977−376+6,734+1,666
15,617−7,720−699+5,804+1,691
15,655−7,160−722+5,563+1,517
15,350−6,633−1,003+5,912+981
18,127−7,687−684+6,380+1,393
18,417−6,810−916+6,099+497
18,297−2,700−2,058+4,649−967
17,810−1,770−2,368+4,004−683

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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

  • Positions are those of the Tuesday the report is dated; the CFTC released the report on 23 October 2026.
  • A trader's group comes from the CFTC's own classification. Nonreportable positions are open interest less the reportable positions.
  • Net positions leave out spread positions, so a group's long and short do not account for all of its contracts.
  • Records and ranks are counted from the week of 13 June 2006, the start of this market's latest run of weekly reports. The CFTC can revise a week in a later report, and our collector keeps the earlier figure.
  • Contracts are not comparable between markets: the size of one is the CFTC's contract size above.
  • Market names are the CFTC's own, written as it writes them. 500metrics is independent and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by any index provider, exchange or company named in them.

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How to cite this

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders, Disaggregated report (futures only), PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, week of 20 October 2026, released 23 October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What positions do traders hold in PALLADIUM futures?", https://500metrics.com/futures-positions/palladium.

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