COT reports: Short positions held by dealers in CHF/USD FX futures: SWISS FRANC - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: CHF/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 CHF/USD FX futures of the kind "SWISS FRANC - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 18,802 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 8,945 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. There are 715 records in the weekly time series shown in the figure above. The time span covered by the series extends from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions had an average value of 6,664 contracts; they recorded a minimum of 0 on 21 March 2017; they hit a maximum of 34,193 on 18 August 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 8,935.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 8,945.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 18,802.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by dealers in futures on the CHF/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: "SWISS FRANC - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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