COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders 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 non-reporting traders in EUR/USD FX futures of the kind "EURO FX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 46,805 contracts on 31 March 2026, versus 47,493 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. There are 691 records in the weekly time series presented in the graph above. The time span covered by the series stretches from January 2013 to March 2026.
History. Here are some statistics calculated on the full sample: positions hit a trough of 35,125 contracts on 11 May 2021; they reached their highest level of 189,767 on 16 December 2025; they averaged 56,612.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 48421.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 47493.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 46805.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-reporting traders 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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