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
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 non-reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 2,429 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 2,493 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. The weekly time series presented in the graph has a total of 514 records. The time period covered by the series extends from April 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: positions attained a maximum of 2,684 contracts on 2 June 2026; they recorded a minimum of -1,783 on 14 April 2020; they had a mean of 8.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 2,080.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 2,493.00 |
| 2026-09-15 | 2,429.00 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Net 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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