COT reports: Short positions held by dealers 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 dealers in CAD/USD FX futures of the kind "CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 47,118 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 35,069 on 11 August 2026.
Sample. This weekly series has 711 observations in total. The series covers the time range extending from January 2013 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: positions had a mean of 33,491 contracts; they reached their lowest level of 0 on 7 May 2019; they recorded their maximum of 135,851 on 1 June 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 30673.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 35069.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 47118.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by dealers 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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