Schedule of 2022 CFTC and LME position report

The (CFTC) of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission generally releases the position data of the US futures market as of Tuesday every Friday. The release time is converted to 4:30 Beijing time (US Winter time) / 3:30 (US Daylight time) every Saturday. The position report is divided into "futures" and "futures and options" reports. If divided according to the format, it can also be divided into "short" and "detailed" two types.

The "short" format divides open positions into "reportable positions" and "non-reportable bank positions". "reportable" positions include "commercial" and "non-commercial", arbitrage, changes compared with the previous report, the proportion of various positions, the number of dealers, and so on. The "detailed" format increases the concentration of positions on the basis of the former (4 and 8 largest traders).

Release date of CFTC position report: the specific time is the day after Beijing time.

Since December 2017, LME has been publishing dealer position reports in a new format in accordance with the requirements of the second edition of the MiFID II (EU Financial instrument Market Directive (the new COTR report), MiFID II version of the LME Dealer position report publishes weekly position data as of last Friday every Tuesday.

Date of release of LME position report: