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 -22,469 contracts on 3 November 2026, compared to -23,839 on 27 October.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 521 records. The time period covered by the series goes from April 2014 to November 2026.
History. Here are a few simple statistics calculated on the full sample: positions were equal on average to -3,599 contracts; they reached their maximum of 21,946 contracts on 20 June 2023; they recorded a bottom of -35,466 contracts on 1 October 2024.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | -24,092.0 |
| 2026-10-27 | -23,839.0 |
| 2026-11-03 | -22,469.0 |
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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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