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
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 non-reporting traders in CAD/USD FX futures of the kind "CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 34,814 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 37,690 on 11 August.
Sample. There are 711 records overall in the weekly series displayed in the graph above. The time range covered by the series extends from January 2013 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions reached their lowest level of 13,964 contracts on 21 December 2020; they recorded a maximum of 57,911 on 18 December 2018; they had an average value of 30,081.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 37856.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 37690.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 34814.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-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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