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
This series is part of the dataset: ZAR/USD exchange rate 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), compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 0 contracts on 1 September 2026, unchanged with respect to 25 August.
Sample. There are 512 observations in the weekly series presented in the plot above. The span of time covered by the series extends from April 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some descriptive statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions averaged 1,043 contracts; they recorded a minimum of 0 on 26 November 2019; they reached their highest level of 26,603 on 10 September 2024.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | 0.0 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0.0 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers 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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