COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in JPY/USD FX futures: JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: JPY/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), compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 3,064 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 64,494 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. In the weekly time series presented in the figure, there are a total of 715 observations. The series covers the time period going from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few simple statistics computed on the whole sample: positions averaged 3,051 contracts; they hit a minimum of 0 on 27 July 2021; they recorded their highest level of 86,884 on 11 March 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 29,522.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 64,494.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 3,064.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in futures on the JPY/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: "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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