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" were 7,945 contracts on 3 February 2026, compared to 7,726 on 27 January.
Sample. There are 683 observations overall in the weekly time series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the period extending from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few simple statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions had a mean value of 6,527 contracts; they reached a minimum of 0 on 29 November 2016; they hit a peak of 34,193 on 18 August 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 5578.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 7726.0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 7945.0 |
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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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