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
This series is part of the dataset: Nikkei 225 index futures 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), net long positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures of the kind "NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 1,745 contracts on 3 March 2026, versus 1,621 on 7 October 2025.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 581 records in total. The period covered by the series stretches from January 2013 to March 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions had an average value of -2,157 contracts; they hit a trough of -23,137 on 26 May 2015; they recorded their highest level of 9,787 on 14 May 2013.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 1394.0 |
| 2025-10-07 | 1621.0 |
| 2026-03-03 | 1745.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by other reporting traders 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 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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