COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 360,720 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 378,701 on 22 September.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 717 observations. The time period covered by the series goes from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here are some summary statistics calculated on the full sample: positions reached their lowest level of 118,595 contracts on 7 April 2020; they hit a maximum of 542,802 on 15 September 2026; they had a mean value of 226,506.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 542802.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 378701.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 360720.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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