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
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), short positions held by all reporting traders in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 26,517 contracts on 14 July 2026, compared to 26,017 on 7 July 2026.
Sample. This weekly time series has 505 data points overall. The series covers the span of time going from April 2014 to July 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few summary statistics computed on the whole sample: positions had a mean value of 19,109 contracts; they recorded a bottom of 3,442 on 17 May 2016; they reached their maximum of 69,530 on 10 September 2024.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 24822.0 |
| 2026-07-07 | 26017.0 |
| 2026-07-14 | 26517.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by all 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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