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
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 asset managers in CAD/USD FX futures of the kind "CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 132,119 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 135,819 on 11 August.
Sample. There are 711 observations overall in the weekly series presented in the chart above. The series covers the period stretching from January 2013 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at a few statistics computed on the whole sample: positions recorded a minimum of 2,061 contracts on 15 July 2014; they recorded a maximum of 189,077 on 31 December 2024; they averaged 42,468.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 136515.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 135819.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 132119.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by asset managers 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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