COT reports: Net long positions held by other 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), net long positions held by other reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 45,006 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 39,294 on 12 May 2026.
Sample. In the weekly time series displayed in the graph, there are a total of 698 data points. The series covers the period extending from January 2013 to May 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics computed on the whole sample: positions recorded a minimum of -47,513 contracts on 19 July 2016; they reached their maximum of 100,652 on 23 September 2025; they were equal on average to 15,064.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 39563.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 39294.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 45006.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by other 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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