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
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), short positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures of the kind "NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 977 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 822 on 22 September.
Sample. This weekly series has a total of 717 data points. The series covers the span of time stretching from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some simple statistics computed on the whole sample: positions had a mean of 4,690 contracts; they hit a maximum of 26,617 on 27 March 2018; they reached their lowest level of 0 on 7 July 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 757.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 822.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 977.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by asset managers 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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