COT reports: Long positions held by non-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 non-reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 11,212 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 3,724 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. In the weekly series displayed in the chart, there are a total of 514 data points. The period covered by the series extends from April 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some summary statistics computed on the whole sample: positions attained a maximum of 11,212 contracts on 15 September 2026; they recorded a bottom of 303 on 17 March 2020; they had a mean value of 1,412.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 3,281.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 3,724.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 11,212.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Long positions held by non-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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