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" stood at 3,484 contracts on 14 July 2026, versus 3,211 on 7 July 2026.
Sample. There are 505 records in the weekly time series presented in the graph above. The time range covered by the series extends from April 2014 to July 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some summary statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions hit a trough of 303 contracts on 17 March 2020; they attained a maximum of 8,890 on 16 June 2026; they averaged 1,365.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 2757.0 |
| 2026-07-07 | 3211.0 |
| 2026-07-14 | 3484.0 |
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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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