COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders 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), long positions held by all reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 391,093 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 456,995 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. There are 715 observations overall in the weekly time series shown in the graph above. The series covers the span of time extending from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few statistics computed on the entire sample: positions recorded a bottom of 95,331 contracts on 18 June 2019; they attained a maximum of 459,673 on 2 June 2026; they averaged 199,200.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 378,659 |
| 2026-09-08 | 456,995 |
| 2026-09-15 | 391,093 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by all reporting traders 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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