COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: JPY/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), compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 8,096 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 6,617 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 717 records. The series covers the period extending from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at a few descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: positions hit a peak of 45,226 contracts on 10 March 2026; they hit a minimum of 23 on 1 July 2014; they had a mean value of 6,540.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 7122.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 6617.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 8096.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in futures on the JPY/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: "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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