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
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 other reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 1,794 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus 1,771 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. There are 698 observations in the weekly series presented in the chart above. The series covers the time range going from January 2013 to May 2026.
History. Have a look at some statistics calculated on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 832 contracts; they peaked at 20,954 on 9 December 2014; they hit a minimum of 0 on 31 December 2019.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 2029.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 1771.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 1794.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders 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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