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
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), net long positions held by asset managers in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 14,523 contracts on 3 November 2026, compared to 16,859 on 27 October.
Sample. There are 521 observations in the weekly time series shown in the plot above. The series covers the time range stretching from April 2014 to November 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics computed on the whole sample: positions had an average value of 4,966 contracts; they hit a peak of 38,830 contracts on 16 July 2024; they hit a minimum of -37,100 contracts on 6 June 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | 17,962.0 |
| 2026-10-27 | 16,859.0 |
| 2026-11-03 | 14,523.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net 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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