COT reports: Short positions held by non-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 non-reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 1,642 contracts on 3 November 2026, versus 1,381 on 27 October 2026.
Sample. There are 521 data points in the weekly series presented in the figure above. The series covers the time span extending from April 2014 to November 2026.
History. Take a look at a few statistics computed on the whole sample: positions averaged 1,405 contracts; they reached their highest level of 8,783 contracts on 15 September 2026; they reached their minimum of 439 contracts on 14 February 2017.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | 1,718.00 |
| 2026-10-27 | 1,381.00 |
| 2026-11-03 | 1,642.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-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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