COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers 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), short positions held by asset managers in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 40,658 contracts on 3 February 2026, versus 41,179 on 27 January.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are a total of 683 observations. The series covers the time period going from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics computed on the whole sample: positions attained a maximum of 140,196 contracts on 20 September 2022; they reached a minimum of 6,294 on 22 January 2013; they had an average value of 50,562.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 47455.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 41179.0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 40658.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by asset managers 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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