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
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 non-reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures of the kind "NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 11,736 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 12,473 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are a total of 717 records. The series covers the time period going from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some statistics calculated on the full sample: positions reached their minimum of 3,740 contracts on 16 June 2026; they recorded their highest level of 102,203 on 4 August 2015; they were equal on average to 34,356.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 12740.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 12473.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 11736.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-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 YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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