COT reports: Short positions held by all 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), short positions held by all reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 318,375 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to 299,902 on 10 February 2026.
Sample. There are 685 data points overall in the weekly time series presented in the figure above. The series covers the time period extending from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Take a look at some statistics computed on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 179,829 contracts; they recorded their highest level of 423,289 on 9 December 2025; they hit a trough of 94,408 on 18 June 2019.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 269338.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 299902.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 318375.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by all 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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