COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: ZAR/USD exchange rate 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), compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 0 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 6,198 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. In the weekly series displayed in the chart, there are 514 observations. The time span covered by the series extends from April 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here are some simple statistics computed on the full sample: positions reached a minimum of 0 contracts on 26 November 2019; they recorded their maximum of 26,603 on 10 September 2024; they averaged 1,051.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 6,198.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in futures on the ZAR/USD exchange rate |
| 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: "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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