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
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 dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 7,644 contracts on 3 November 2026, versus 6,510 on 27 October 2026.
Sample. There are 521 data points in the weekly time series displayed in the graph above. The time period covered by the series stretches from April 2014 to November 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few summary statistics computed on the whole sample: positions reached a trough of 0 contracts on 17 December 2019; they recorded a maximum of 21,946 contracts on 20 June 2023; they averaged 3,743 contracts.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | 6,568.00 |
| 2026-10-27 | 6,510.00 |
| 2026-11-03 | 7,644.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long 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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