COT reports: Long positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Nikkei 225 index futures 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 asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures of the kind "NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 7,238 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 7,346 on 22 September.
Sample. There are 717 records in the weekly series presented in the graph above. The series covers the span of time extending from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Have a look at some descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: positions recorded their highest level of 33,219 contracts on 6 September 2022; they reached a minimum of 3,994 on 3 February 2026; they were equal on average to 14,804.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 6,902.00 |
| 2026-09-22 | 7,346.00 |
| 2026-09-29 | 7,238.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures |
| 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: "NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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