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COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - 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 ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 0 contracts on 3 November 2026, the same as on 27 October 2026.

Sample. There are 521 records in the weekly time series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time range going from April 2014 to November 2026.

History. Here are some summary statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions had a mean value of 41 contracts; they hit a maximum of 803 contracts on 21 January 2025; they reached their minimum of 0 contracts on 31 December 2019.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-10-20 0
2026-10-27 0
2026-11-03 0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in futures on the ZAR/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: "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
FSR temporal aggregation code LW1

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Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Long positions held by dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Short positions held by dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Long positions held by asset managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by asset managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Long positions held by leveraged money managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Short positions held by leveraged money managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by leveraged money managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by leveraged money managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 521 2014-04-29 2026-11-03