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
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), total open positions (open interest) in Nikkei 225 index futures of the kind "NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 23,003 contracts on 29 September 2026, compared to 21,974 on 22 September 2026.
Sample. There are 717 observations overall in the weekly time series shown in the plot above. The series covers the span of time going from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions recorded their highest level of 151,153 contracts on 11 March 2014; they reached a trough of 21,974 on 22 September 2026; they averaged 62,132.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-15 | 22,625.0 |
| 2026-09-22 | 21,974.0 |
| 2026-09-29 | 23,003.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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