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" stood at 47,698 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 43,409 on 12 May.
Sample. There are 698 data points overall in the weekly series presented in the chart above. The series covers the time range extending from January 2013 to May 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few statistics computed on the whole sample: positions recorded their maximum of 62,015 contracts on 20 January 2026; they registered a minimum of 885 on 8 November 2016; they had a mean of 14,421.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 43283.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 43409.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 47698.0 |
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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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