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
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 asset managers in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 409 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 399 on 8 September 2026.
Sample. This weekly time series has 514 observations. The time range covered by the series extends from April 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some statistics we calculated on the whole sample: positions averaged 3,251 contracts; they reached a maximum of 37,456 on 6 June 2023; they reached a trough of 0 on 17 April 2018.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 703.000 |
| 2026-09-08 | 399.000 |
| 2026-09-15 | 409.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by asset 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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