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
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), long positions held by asset managers in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 16,391 contracts on 3 November 2026, versus 18,531 on 27 October.
Sample. There are 521 observations overall in the weekly series shown in the chart above. The series covers the time span extending from April 2014 to November 2026.
History. Check out a few simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions averaged 8,193 contracts; they reached a trough of 0 contracts on 18 June 2019; they achieved a maximum of 40,206 contracts on 16 July 2024.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | 19,634.0 |
| 2026-10-27 | 18,531.0 |
| 2026-11-03 | 16,391.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long 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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