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COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - 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 asset managers in NZD/USD FX futures of the kind "NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 490 contracts on 18 August 2026, versus 373 on 11 August.

Sample. The weekly series presented in the figure has 711 records. The time range covered by the series is from January 2013 to August 2026.

History. Here's a snapshot of a few summary statistics we computed on the full sample: positions had a mean value of 484 contracts; they reached their lowest level of 0 on 22 January 2019; they attained a maximum of 8,000 on 29 July 2025.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-08-04 615.0
2026-08-11 373.0
2026-08-18 490.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in futures on the NZD/USD exchange rate
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: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
FSR temporal aggregation code LW1

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NZD_USD

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Long positions held by dealers in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Short positions held by dealers in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Net long positions held by dealers in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Long positions held by asset managers in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Net long positions held by asset managers in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Long positions held by leveraged money managers in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Short positions held by leveraged money managers in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Net long positions held by leveraged money managers in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by leveraged money managers in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in NZD/USD FX futures: NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 711 2013-01-08 2026-08-18