COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in CAD/USD FX futures: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: CAD/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 CAD/USD FX futures of the kind "CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 327,921 contracts on 14 July 2026, compared to 323,732 on 7 July 2026.
Sample. There are 706 data points in the weekly time series presented in the graph above. The span of time covered by the series extends from January 2013 to July 2026.
History. Here are a few simple statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions averaged 140,450 contracts; they peaked at 455,195 on 16 June 2026; they recorded a bottom of 43,957 on 23 September 2014.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 309114.0 |
| 2026-07-07 | 323732.0 |
| 2026-07-14 | 327921.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by all reporting traders in futures on the CAD/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: CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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