COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders 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 other reporting traders in CHF/USD FX futures of the kind "SWISS FRANC - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 468 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 1,295 on 12 May.
Sample. In the weekly series shown in the graph, there are a total of 698 observations. The series covers the time range stretching from January 2013 to May 2026.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions peaked at 6,566 contracts on 3 December 2024; they registered a minimum of 0 on 7 December 2021; they had a mean of 919.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 1274.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 1295.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 468.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by other reporting traders 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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