COT reports: Short positions held by dealers 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 dealers in CHF/USD FX futures of the kind "SWISS FRANC - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 20,679 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 19,001 on 22 September.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 717 data points. The time span covered by the series extends from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at a few summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions hit a peak of 34,193 contracts on 18 August 2020; they reached a trough of 0 on 21 March 2017; they had a mean of 6,700.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 18802.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 19001.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 20679.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by dealers 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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