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
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), long positions held by all reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 304,378 contracts on 31 March 2026, compared to 286,750 on 24 March 2026.
Sample. There are 691 records overall in the weekly time series shown in the plot above. The series covers the time period extending from January 2013 to March 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions attained a maximum of 422,678 contracts on 9 December 2025; they recorded a minimum of 95,331 on 18 June 2019; they had a mean of 193,298.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | 287191.0 |
| 2026-03-24 | 286750.0 |
| 2026-03-31 | 304378.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by all 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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