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COT reports: Net long positions held by leveraged money managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly

Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), net long positions held by leveraged money managers in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 2,663 contracts on 14 July 2026, versus 3,587 on 7 July.

Sample. In the weekly time series plotted above, there are a total of 505 observations. The series covers the period going from April 2014 to July 2026.

History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics calculated on the entire sample: positions hit a trough of -33,023 contracts on 25 June 2024; they achieved a maximum of 18,044 on 30 May 2023; they were equal on average to -1,385.

Latest values

Date Value - Number of contracts
2026-06-30 3301.0
2026-07-07 3587.0
2026-07-14 2663.0

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Series Metadata

Field Value
Description Net long positions held by leveraged money managers 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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ZAR_USD

Series Name Observations Start Date End Date
COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Long positions held by dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Short positions held by dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
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 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
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 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Long positions held by asset managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Short positions held by asset managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Net long positions held by asset managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by asset managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Long positions held by leveraged money managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Short positions held by leveraged money managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Net long positions held by leveraged money managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by leveraged money managers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Long positions held by other reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Net long positions held by other reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by other reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
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 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Short positions held by all reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
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 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14
COT reports: Net 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 505 2014-04-29 2026-07-14