COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers in CHF/USD FX futures: SWISS FRANC - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: CHF/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 CHF/USD FX futures of the kind "SWISS FRANC - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 45,566 contracts on 31 March 2026, compared to 42,537 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. There are 691 records overall in the weekly series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the period stretching from January 2013 to March 2026.
History. Have a look at some simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions averaged 14,108 contracts; they reached a trough of 885 on 8 November 2016; they recorded their highest level of 62,015 on 20 January 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 40262.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 42537.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 45566.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by asset managers in futures on the CHF/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: SWISS FRANC - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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