COT reports: Long 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), long positions held by dealers in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 48,596 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 98,552 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. In the weekly series shown in the graph, there are a total of 715 data points. The time period covered by the series is from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at some simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions had an average value of 76,072 contracts; they reached their lowest level of 1,791 on 18 March 2025; they recorded their maximum of 210,632 on 2 July 2024.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 116,682 |
| 2026-09-08 | 98,552.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 48,596.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long 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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