COT reports: Short positions held by asset 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), short positions held by asset managers in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 1,868 contracts on 3 November 2026, versus 1,672 on 27 October.
Sample. There are 521 data points in the weekly series presented in the plot above. The time span covered by the series extends from April 2014 to November 2026.
History. Here are a few descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: positions averaged 3,227 contracts; they reached a minimum of 0 contracts on 17 April 2018; they recorded their highest level of 37,456 contracts on 6 June 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | 1,672.00 |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,672.00 |
| 2026-11-03 | 1,868.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by asset 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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