COT reports: Short 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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 35,953 contracts on 17 February 2026, versus 35,046 on 10 February.
Sample. There are 685 data points in the weekly series shown in the plot above. The series covers the time range extending from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: positions had a mean value of 38,273 contracts; they achieved a maximum of 121,755 on 16 December 2025; they reached a minimum of 13,847 on 5 January 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 34335.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 35046.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 35953.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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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