COT reports: Short positions held by non-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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 147,394 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 39,395 on 8 September.
Sample. This weekly series has a total of 715 data points. The series covers the time range stretching from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some simple statistics computed on the full sample: positions had a mean of 38,639 contracts; they reached a maximum of 147,394 on 15 September 2026; they reached their minimum of 13,847 on 5 January 2021.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 38,557.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 39,395.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 147,394 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-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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