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
This series is part of the dataset: CAD/USD exchange rate COT reports (CFTC)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), short positions held by all reporting traders in CAD/USD FX futures of the kind "CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 324,771 contracts on 18 August 2026, versus 326,414 on 11 August.
Sample. In the weekly time series presented in the chart, there are 711 records overall. The series covers the span of time stretching from January 2013 to August 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions attained a maximum of 455,195 contracts on 16 June 2026; they registered a minimum of 43,957 on 23 September 2014; they were equal on average to 141,759.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 327227.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 326414.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 324771.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by all 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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