COT reports: Long positions held by dealers 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 dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures of the kind "NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 6,379 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 4,888 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 717 observations overall in the weekly series shown in the chart above. The span of time covered by the series goes from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions registered a minimum of 1,096 contracts on 17 September 2019; they recorded their maximum of 43,372 on 7 October 2014; they averaged 14,077.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 5,795.00 |
| 2026-09-22 | 4,888.00 |
| 2026-09-29 | 6,379.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by dealers 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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