COT reports: Net long 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), net long positions held by dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were -16,194 contracts on 14 July 2026, compared to -16,123 on 7 July 2026.
Sample. There are 505 observations overall in the weekly series displayed in the plot above. The series covers the time span stretching from April 2014 to July 2026.
History. Have a look at a few simple statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions had a mean of -3,036 contracts; they recorded their highest level of 21,946 on 20 June 2023; they reached their minimum of -35,466 on 1 October 2024.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | -15204.0 |
| 2026-07-07 | -16123.0 |
| 2026-07-14 | -16194.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net long 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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