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" stood at 2,359 contracts on 14 July 2026, compared to 2,043 on 7 July.
Sample. In the weekly series presented in the graph, there are 505 data points. The time range covered by the series is from April 2014 to July 2026.
History. Here's a peek at some simple statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions were equal on average to -26 contracts; they hit a maximum of 2,684 on 2 June 2026; they reached their minimum of -1,783 on 14 April 2020.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 1652.0 |
| 2026-07-07 | 2043.0 |
| 2026-07-14 | 2359.0 |
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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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