Why Can't Copper Supply Keep Up With AI?Copper spent 2026 doing something it had not done in a quarter century: setting fresh records every few weeks. The COMEX contract hit an intraday all-time high of $6.71 per pound on May 13. The reason is not mysterious. Three forces- AI infrastructure, a supply shock in Indonesia, and new US tariffs
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Copper is an essential industrial metal used worldwide. Copper prices are followed in financial markets around the globe and the metal is growing in popularity. Copper is widely used in construction and because of its electrical properties is found in wires and circuit boards. Copper is mined in open mines around the world, with Chile and the United States leading in overall copper production. The demand for copper is increasing as countries such as China and India continue to develop, while the supply remains tight. The growing demand and constrained supply is likely to keep copper prices volatile in the near future. Copper prices are commonly quoted in USD.
COPPER Long
COPPER BUY LIMIT ORDER : 6.2315
Stop Loss: 6.1505
Remove risk/Partials @ : 6.3030
Take profit: 6.3330
Trade Plan: Long
Bias: BULLISH short term.
Entry reason: Price has tested key TPO area. The short-term valuation tool also shows temporarily undervalued against the index
Stop Loss: Below n
Copper Futures:The Structural Turning Point of a New Macro CycleHG1! | Macro Structural Convergence and Transition to a High-Velocity Expansion Phase
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This study is based on a proprietary structural model developed to a
Copper Futures: Dip, Then ReboundCopper futures started the week with modest gains before slipping back. Early in today’s session, prices moved higher again. Our main outlook is that price should continue climbing well above resistance at $6.58 before eventually turning lower. Alternatively, copper futures could drop straight below
The record long starts to unwind into the June 30 tariff callQuick follow-up to last week's copper positioning read, because the new data changed the shape of the setup right before the catalyst.
What changed. The US Section 232 copper review still reaches its decision point on June 30. The fresh CFTC report dated June 23, the last one before that date, show
Copper: speculators near record long into June 30 tariff callCopper is sitting on a rare combination heading into a binary policy event, and the positioning data is the part most charts miss.
The setup. The US Section 232 copper review reaches a decision point on June 30, when the Commerce Secretary updates the President on the copper market and duties on re
HG Short — $HG copper fading from the 6.385 rejection — bearish On the 4-hour chart, copper posted a clean all-time high near 6.67 in early June, then reversed sharply — making a sequence of lower highs and lower lows since that peak. The most recent 4h bounce stalled around 6.38–6.40, well below the prior swing high near 6.55, confirming a bearish structure of
Short Idea Copper Future (HG1!)We are currently near the all-time high.
We have marked a supply zone here in blue that has already been tested. According to my backtests, these zones tend to work at least as well the second time around. Importantly, the hit rate depends on where exactly price arrives inside the zone. Reaching t
Is Copper’s Record Rally Scarcity or Speculation?Copper is trading near record highs around $6.50 a pound, and the catalysts are real. In the past week alone, protesters blockaded Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi mine in Mongolia on June 17, choking concentrate flows to China, and US Customs issued a Withhold Release Order on June 16 barring copper from Ser
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The current price of Copper Futures is 6.5150 USD / LBR — it has risen 0.90% in the past 24 hours. Watch Copper Futures price in more detail on the chart.
The volume of Copper Futures is 28.75 K. Track more important stats on the Copper Futures chart.
Open interest is the number of contracts held by traders in active positions — they're not closed or expired. For Copper Futures this number is 142.72 K. You can use it to track a prevailing market trend and adjust your own strategy: declining open interest for Copper Futures shows that traders are closing their positions, which means a weakening trend.
Buying or selling futures contracts depends on many factors: season, underlying commodity, your own trading strategy. So mostly it's up to you, but if you look for some certain calculations to take into account, you can study technical analysis for Copper Futures. Today its technical rating is strong buy, but remember that market conditions change all the time, so it's always crucial to do your own research. See more of Copper Futures technicals for a more comprehensive analysis.









