COT reports: Short positions held by dealers 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 dealers in EUR/USD FX futures of the kind "EURO FX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 570,104 contracts on 3 February 2026, versus 548,117 on 27 January 2026.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 683 data points. The series covers the span of time extending from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some statistics computed on the whole sample: positions hit a trough of 5,201 contracts on 16 June 2015; they recorded their highest level of 570,104 on 3 February 2026; they had a mean of 222,786.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 512366.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 548117.0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 570104.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by dealers 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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