COT reports: Long positions held by dealers 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 dealers in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 54,528 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 56,693 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 717 observations in the weekly time series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the span of time stretching from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at a few statistics computed on the full sample: positions peaked at 210,632 contracts on 2 July 2024; they registered a minimum of 1,791 on 18 March 2025; they averaged 76,015.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 48596.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 56693.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 54528.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long 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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