COT reports: Short positions held by other 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 other reporting traders in EUR/USD FX futures of the kind "EURO FX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 14,105 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to 14,664 on 10 February.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are a total of 685 data points. The series covers the span of time extending from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: positions attained a maximum of 79,858 contracts on 27 June 2017; they recorded a minimum of 2,648 on 30 March 2021; they had a mean value of 19,853.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 15357.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 14664.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 14105.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by other 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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