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
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 asset managers in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 71,829 contracts on 18 August 2026, versus 72,247 on 11 August 2026.
Sample. There are 711 records in the weekly series shown in the plot above. The series covers the span of time extending from January 2013 to August 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions peaked at 137,808 contracts on 29 April 2025; they hit a minimum of 17,796 on 1 April 2014; they were equal on average to 47,418.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 72815.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 72247.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 71829.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long 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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