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
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), short positions held by all reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures of the kind "NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 9,863 contracts on 3 March 2026, compared to 9,719 on 7 October 2025.
Sample. In this weekly series, there are 581 records in total. The series covers the time span extending from January 2013 to March 2026.
History. Take a look at some statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions averaged 29,442 contracts; they recorded their highest level of 83,922 on 11 March 2014; they reached their minimum of 7,057 on 15 March 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | 9,733.00 |
| 2025-10-07 | 9,719.00 |
| 2026-03-03 | 9,863.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by all reporting traders 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 - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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