COT reports: Long positions held by all reporting traders 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), long positions held by all reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 24,158 contracts on 14 July 2026, compared to 23,974 on 7 July 2026.
Sample. This weekly series has 505 data points in total. The series covers the period stretching from April 2014 to July 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few summary statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions reached their minimum of 3,770 contracts on 2 January 2024; they reached their maximum of 68,120 on 10 September 2024; they were equal on average to 19,135.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 23170.0 |
| 2026-07-07 | 23974.0 |
| 2026-07-14 | 24158.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by all reporting traders 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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