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 23,933 contracts on 18 August 2026, versus 20,504 on 11 August 2026.
Sample. There are 711 observations overall in the weekly series displayed in the plot above. The time period covered by the series extends from January 2013 to August 2026.
History. Take a look at some statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions had a mean of 6,459 contracts; they peaked at 45,226 on 10 March 2026; they hit a minimum of 23 on 1 July 2014.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 19194.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 20504.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 23933.0 |
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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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