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COT reports: Net 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

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), net long positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures of the kind "NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 258 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to -1,171 on 22 September 2026.

Sample. There are 717 records in the weekly series shown in the plot above. The series covers the span of time going from January 2013 to September 2026.

History. Here are some summary statistics computed on the whole sample: positions averaged 4,139 contracts; they reached a minimum of -21,770 on 23 April 2019; they reached their highest level of 31,148 on 5 May 2015.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-09-15 273.000
2026-09-22 -1,171.00
2026-09-29 258.000

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Net 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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Nikkei yen denominated

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
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 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Short positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Net 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 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
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 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Short 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 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Net 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 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Compensated (spread) 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 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Long positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Short positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Net long positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 717 2013-01-08 2026-09-29

Nikkei USD denominated

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Long positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Short positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Long positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Long positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Short positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by leveraged money managers in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Long positions held by non-reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03
COT reports: Net long positions held by non-reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures: NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 581 2013-01-08 2026-03-03