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" stood at 826,019 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 829,377 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. The weekly time series presented in the graph has a total of 698 records. The span of time covered by the series is from January 2013 to May 2026.
History. Check out a few statistics computed on the entire sample: positions averaged 552,147 contracts; they reached a trough of 194,251 on 8 January 2013; they hit a maximum of 986,986 on 16 December 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 815942.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 829377.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 826019.0 |
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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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