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" stood at 354,328 contracts on 17 February 2026, compared to 334,948 on 10 February.
Sample. This weekly series has 685 data points in total. The series covers the time period extending from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions had an average value of 218,102 contracts; they registered a minimum of 118,595 on 7 April 2020; they reached their maximum of 465,416 on 9 December 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 303673.0 |
| 2026-02-10 | 334948.0 |
| 2026-02-17 | 354328.0 |
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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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