COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers in EUR/USD FX futures: EURO FX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: EUR/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 EUR/USD FX futures of the kind "EURO FX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 214,149 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 225,442 on 11 August 2026.
Sample. This weekly time series has 711 records overall. The series covers the period going from January 2013 to August 2026.
History. Here are a few simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions averaged 113,134 contracts; they reached their maximum of 239,865 on 28 July 2026; they reached their lowest level of 30,356 on 19 February 2013.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 226641.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 225442.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 214149.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by asset managers in futures on the EUR/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: EURO FX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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