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 43,476 contracts on 17 February 2026, versus 38,901 on 10 February 2026.
Sample. In the weekly series displayed in the chart, there are a total of 685 observations. The series covers the period going from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions hit a peak of 189,767 contracts on 16 December 2025; they hit a minimum of 35,125 on 11 May 2021; they had an average value of 56,700.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 38001.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 38901.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 43476.0 |
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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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