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COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), long positions held by other reporting traders in CAD/USD FX futures of the kind "CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 13,986 contracts on 18 August 2026, versus 13,473 on 11 August.

Sample. In the weekly time series shown in the plot, there are a total of 711 records. The series covers the time period extending from January 2013 to August 2026.

History. Here’s a quick look at some simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions reached their maximum of 30,389 contracts on 16 May 2017; they hit a trough of 3,913 on 12 September 2023; they had a mean of 12,500.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-08-04 13888.0
2026-08-11 13473.0
2026-08-18 13986.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Long positions held by other reporting traders in futures on the CAD/USD exchange rate
Country United States
Economic concept Stock
Data type Quantity
Seasonally adjusted No
Deflation method Not applicable
Rescaling None
Measure type Level
Frequency Weekly
Unit Number of contracts
Source Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
Source type Government agency
Data licence Public domain information
Other information Specific future: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
FSR temporal aggregation code LW1

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CAD_USD

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Long positions held by dealers in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Short positions held by dealers in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Net long positions held by dealers in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Long positions held by asset managers in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Net long positions held by asset managers in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Long positions held by leveraged money managers in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Short positions held by leveraged money managers in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Net long positions held by leveraged money managers in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by leveraged money managers in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18