COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders 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), short positions held by all reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 35,148 contracts on 1 September 2026, compared to 34,123 on 25 August 2026.
Sample. There are 512 data points overall in the weekly series displayed in the figure above. The time span covered by the series stretches from April 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here are a few statistics calculated on the full sample: positions hit a minimum of 3,442 contracts on 17 May 2016; they hit a peak of 69,530 on 10 September 2024; they had an average value of 19,264.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-18 | 30968.0 |
| 2026-08-25 | 34123.0 |
| 2026-09-01 | 35148.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by all reporting traders 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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