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 34,830 contracts on 3 November 2026, compared to 36,415 on 27 October 2026.
Sample. There are 521 observations overall in the weekly series displayed in the plot above. The time range covered by the series extends from April 2014 to November 2026.
History. Have a look at a few statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions recorded a minimum of 3,442 contracts on 17 May 2016; they achieved a maximum of 69,530 contracts on 10 September 2024; they had an average value of 19,565 contracts.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | 36,755.0 |
| 2026-10-27 | 36,415.0 |
| 2026-11-03 | 34,830.0 |
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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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