COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in EUR/USD FX futures: EURO FX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: EUR/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 EUR/USD FX futures of the kind "EURO FX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 872,463 contracts on 3 February 2026, compared to 874,638 on 27 January 2026.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 683 data points in total. The series covers the span of time stretching from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Have a look at some statistics computed on the full sample: positions reached a trough of 142,382 contracts on 2 July 2013; they recorded a maximum of 894,944 on 9 December 2025; they had a mean of 489,140.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 831908.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 874638.0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 872463.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by all reporting traders in futures on the EUR/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: EURO FX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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