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 542,802 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 499,635 on 8 September.
Sample. This weekly series has 715 data points. The series covers the span of time extending from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here are a few simple statistics we computed on the whole sample: positions had a mean of 226,105 contracts; they recorded their highest level of 542,802 on 15 September 2026; they reached a minimum of 118,595 on 7 April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 411,882 |
| 2026-09-08 | 499,635 |
| 2026-09-15 | 542,802 |
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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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