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
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), total open positions (open interest) in Nikkei 225 index futures of the kind "NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 23,003 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 21,974 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 717 observations in the weekly series displayed in the figure above. The time period covered by the series stretches from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean of 62,132 contracts; they registered a minimum of 21,974 on 22 September 2026; they hit a maximum of 151,153 on 11 March 2014.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 22625.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 21974.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 23003.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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