COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in JPY/USD FX futures of the kind "JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 303,673 contracts on 3 February 2026, compared to 300,726 on 27 January.
Sample. There are 683 observations overall in the weekly series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the time period going from January 2013 to February 2026.
History. Take a look at some statistics computed on the full sample: positions reached their lowest level of 118,595 contracts on 7 April 2020; they peaked at 465,416 on 9 December 2025; they had a mean value of 217,732.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-01-20 | 292607.0 |
| 2026-01-27 | 300726.0 |
| 2026-02-03 | 303673.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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