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
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 non-reporting traders in Nikkei 225 index futures of the kind "NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 11,736 contracts on 29 September 2026, versus 12,473 on 22 September.
Sample. There are 717 observations in the weekly series shown in the figure above. The time range covered by the series extends from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some descriptive statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions had a mean value of 34,356 contracts; they recorded a minimum of 3,740 on 16 June 2026; they recorded their maximum of 102,203 on 4 August 2015.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 12,740.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 12,473.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 11,736.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-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 YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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