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
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 dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at -22,265 contracts on 1 September 2026, versus -20,939 on 25 August 2026.
Sample. There are 512 records in the weekly time series shown in the graph above. The series covers the time span stretching from April 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions had a mean value of -3,223 contracts; they reached a minimum of -35,466 on 1 October 2024; they hit a maximum of 21,946 on 20 June 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | -16755.0 |
| 2026-08-25 | -20939.0 |
| 2026-09-01 | -22265.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net 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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