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" stood at 0 contracts on 14 July 2026, compared to 83 on 7 July.
Sample. There are 505 observations overall in the weekly series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the time range extending from April 2014 to July 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics computed on the full sample: positions recorded their maximum of 26,603 contracts on 10 September 2024; they reached their minimum of 0 on 6 May 2014; they averaged 1,057.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 83.0 |
| 2026-07-07 | 83.0 |
| 2026-07-14 | 0.0 |
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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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