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" stood at 36,509 contracts on 19 May 2026, compared to 37,540 on 12 May.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are a total of 698 data points. The series covers the time span extending from January 2013 to May 2026.
History. Have a look at a few simple statistics we computed on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 38,282 contracts; they reached a trough of 13,847 on 5 January 2021; they recorded their highest level of 121,755 on 16 December 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | 35637.0 |
| 2026-05-12 | 37540.0 |
| 2026-05-19 | 36509.0 |
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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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