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COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures of the kind "NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 392 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 305 on 22 September.

Sample. There are 717 observations in the weekly time series shown in the graph above. The period covered by the series extends from January 2013 to September 2026.

History. Check out some statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions were equal on average to 1,359 contracts; they peaked at 17,219 on 6 June 2023; they reached a trough of 0 on 31 December 2019.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-09-15 431.0
2026-09-22 305.0
2026-09-29 392.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures
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: "NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
FSR temporal aggregation code LW1

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Nikkei yen denominated

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Long positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Short positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Net long positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Long positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Net long positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Long positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Short positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Net long positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29

Nikkei USD denominated

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Long positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Short positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Long positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Long positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Short positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03