COT reports: Net long positions held by leveraged money 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 leveraged money managers in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 6,317 contracts on 3 November 2026, compared to 5,262 on 27 October.
Sample. This weekly time series has 521 observations in total. The series covers the time span stretching from April 2014 to November 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: positions recorded a maximum of 18,044 contracts on 30 May 2023; they reached a trough of -33,023 contracts on 25 June 2024; they averaged -1,239 contracts.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | 4,888.00 |
| 2026-10-27 | 5,262.00 |
| 2026-11-03 | 6,317.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long positions held by leveraged money 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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