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
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 non-reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 39,648 contracts on 19 May 2026, versus 38,499 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. In the weekly time series plotted above, there are a total of 698 data points. The series covers the span of time stretching from January 2013 to May 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few statistics computed on the full sample: positions reached their highest level of 129,441 contracts on 16 December 2025; they reached a trough of 10,989 on 19 November 2013; they had a mean value of 26,259.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 37725.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 38499.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 39648.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by non-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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