COT reports: Net 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), net long positions held by dealers in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 43,970 contracts on 18 August 2026, versus 23,257 on 11 August.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 711 data points overall. The time range covered by the series extends from January 2013 to August 2026.
History. Here are a few statistics computed on the entire sample: positions recorded a bottom of -266,914 contracts on 29 April 2025; they reached their highest level of 204,466 on 2 July 2024; they were equal on average to 36,481.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 31423.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 23257.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 43970.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net 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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