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COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 7,398 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to 7,712 on 10 February 2026.

Sample. This weekly series has 685 records. The series covers the period going from January 2013 to February 2026.

History. Here's a peek at some simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions had an average value of 2,314 contracts; they reached their lowest level of 0 on 27 July 2021; they peaked at 86,884 on 11 March 2025.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-02-03 1320.0
2026-02-10 7712.0
2026-02-17 7398.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers 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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Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by dealers in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by dealers in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net long positions held by dealers in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by asset managers in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net long positions held by asset managers in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
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 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by leveraged money managers in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by leveraged money managers in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net long positions held by leveraged money managers in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by leveraged money managers in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 685 2013-01-08 2026-02-17