COT reports: Short 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), short positions held by dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 30,113 contracts on 3 November 2026, compared to 30,349 on 27 October.
Sample. This weekly time series has a total of 521 observations. The series covers the time period going from April 2014 to November 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some simple statistics calculated on the full sample: positions averaged 7,342 contracts; they recorded their maximum of 35,590 contracts on 24 September 2024; they reached a minimum of 0 contracts on 10 December 2019.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | 30,660.0 |
| 2026-10-27 | 30,349.0 |
| 2026-11-03 | 30,113.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short 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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