COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in EUR/USD FX futures of the kind "EURO FX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 804,940 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 801,884 on 11 August.
Sample. The weekly time series displayed in the graph has 711 data points in total. The series covers the time period extending from January 2013 to August 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions reached their lowest level of 194,251 contracts on 8 January 2013; they recorded their highest level of 986,986 on 16 December 2025; they had a mean of 557,001.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 799909.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 801884.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 804940.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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